daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Straining as if in pain (7) 5 The price of a suit (5) 8 Physical training manuals? (8,5) 9 Transplanted trees (5) 10 Give one the right name? (7) 11 He is in highest command (6) 12 Beast of burden given first aid (6) 15 I’m quietly confronting every single charge (7) 17 Spiked running shoes may be (5) 19 Provided what’s needed and closed the account (6,3,4) 20 Admit defeat and return (5) 21 Makes a stand against slovenly sisters (7)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 West African Atlantic country (7) 5 Wrath (5) 8 Grossly excessive (3,4,3,3) 9 Of the kidneys (5) 10 No Clue 11 Piercingly cold (6) 12 Thwart (6) 15 In a perfect world (7) 17 Fibre used in rope-making (5) 19 Repeatedly (5,3,5) 20 Clothing (5) 21 By that means (7) DOWN 1 Haul down (5) 2 Unacceptable as behaviour (6,3,4) 3 Rotate (7) 4 Exposure to public notice (6) 5 Loathe (5) 6 Understand what is meant (3,3,7) 7 Beat off (7) 11 Member of robber band (7) 13 Having left a valid will (7) 14 Young swan (6) 16 Railway tracks (5) 18 Ungracefully tall and thin (5) DOWN 1 Lead an ox (5) 2 Finds out if beatings are regular (5,3,5) 3 Eggs it’s nice to scramble (7) 4 He’d support a fuel cut (6) 5 He explored Canada initially with a rebuilt boat (5) 6 Current faults that appeal to tired racing drivers (5,8) 7 Feel you have set cups wrongly (7) 11 Insect settled on the cheese for a short while (7) 13 Joins as senior on board (7) 14 More like the snow I threw out? (6) 16 A capital position to be in (5) 18 Toys sold out round end of April (5)