Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 A passenger vehicle for a person seen as a humble traveller

4 Enquires after tea if there’s work to be done

7 Cut off such a bad dog and a waggish one at that!

8 Get away from Ms Peron by early December

9 Once had to be kept in a pen

1 0 The commander starts to punctuate it

1 2 Relating to the iris of Ian’s right one

1 4 Hurried when stood for a seat in parliament

1 5 Fruity sound in South Australian city 1 7 On the waist, say at square dancing 1 8 Yes, it turns out to be Himalayan yowies 1 9 Lose consciousness now so be treated

DOWN

1 Pet returns with twitch in plan of attack 2 The fairy was left trimmed but stayed sprightly!

3 A pal stirs GI’s manoeuvre for those who steal others’ ideas

4 Like it’s seen to move differently, as it were

5 Is back around a distant jungle trip perhaps

6 Hose used to usually fit in other footwear

11 How we spoil Tom, that bushytailed one

1 3 Viscount Horatio Mandela?

1 5 Do get by and get physical

1 6 This morning, about to knock out The Shark

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tread heavily

4 Assignments

7 Cut short

8 Dodge

9 Writer’s fluid

1 0 Punctuation mark 1 2 Pertaining to the iris 1 4 Moved quickly 1 5 Sth Australian town 1 7 Square dance moves 1 8 Abominable snowmen 1 9 Faint

DOWN

1 Ploy

2 Well ventilated

3 Thieves of print

4 Motion produced without material force 5 Holiday trip 6 Footwear item 11 Bushy-tailed rodent 1 3 Wrestling hold 1 5 Density

1 6 Fast vigorous shark