Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

2 Trial deciders just before heading off errors 5 Brute force from 100 wild mules 7 Transmits payment of crook timers 8 Enquire into control

11 An exclamation of surprise in the Sahara 12 A long rope with a running noose alas sombre for some!

14 Those given to exaggerating dangers operate sirens perhaps?

16 Briefly feign omens for a diminutive underworld being

17 Absolutely hearty assent

18 One who eggs on a con’ man

20 Leading pianists join sleep indicators as takeaway foods

2 1 Formerly lies about outcasts

22 A bloke’s negotiators

DOWN

1 Long for the current fellow

2 Give a sudden twist to a stupid person 3 Spirit graduates to ballroom dances 4 A kind of griller upsets stories – that’s right!

6 Uncle’s early suspension is permanent 9 A ring of light sounds like a greeting 10 Heal with copper and rhenium

12 One who practises falsehoods in billiards 13 On the way to you of old for an eyesore 15 A flower for a mythical female warrior 18 Takes advantage of last rites on us 19 Unrelenting first grade by half time

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

2 Those who deliver verdicts 5 Brawn

7 Sends money 8 Verify as to correctness 11 Expression of triumph, etc 1 2 Lariat

1 4 Panic merchants 1 6 Garden statue 1 7 Affirmative reply 1 8 Racecourse tipster (coll)

20 Italian dishes 2 1 Banishes from one’s country 22 Go-betweens

DOWN

1 Pain

2 Move spasmodically 3 Cuban dances 4 Roasting spit 6 Constant 9 Corona 10 Remedy 1 2 Fibber 13 Eyelid swelling 15 S American river 18 Employs 19 Stern