daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Oh! local awful booze perhaps (7) 5 Double issue (5) 8 They may support the game (7,6) 9 Make a record score (5) 10 Make an impact (7) 11 This religious belief is held by our opponents (6) 12 A trail shows the way to the top (6) 15 See the bishop’s concern (7) 17 Turn out a bad scholar? (5) 19 It’s a thick-skinned colourless and unwanted (5,8) 20 Submit a return (5) 21 Maybe it’s pressed to make one go down (7)

DOWN 1 An aquatic bird seen on the Nile (5) 2 Telephone for legal aid? (4,3,6) 3 Sort of sight he encountered in the Alps (7) 4 There must be the will to provide it (6) 5 All the drink a chap gets (5) 6 A tree leaning over a ramp maybe (8,5) 7 His guilt is a possibility (7) 11 It turned having changed course up in the channel (7) 13 Approach with some pomp to perform a menial task (5,2) 14 Rang the changes (6) 16 Aim to include me? Correct (5) 18 A deal with America for plant (5)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 A spicy condiment (7) 5 Subject under discussion (5) 8 Have old-fashioned attitudes (4,2,3,4) 9 Limits of a series (5) 10 As an alternative (7) 11 French South Pacific island (6) 12 Occurring intermittently (6) 15 Ordinary standard (7) 17 Famous Austrian psychotherapist (5) 19 Feel strongly inclined (4,1,4,4) 20 North American stock farm (5) 21 West German cathedral city (7)

DOWN 1 A grinding tooth (5) 2 State of bliss (7,6) 3 Sustenance (7) 4 Assign for a special duty (6) 5 Growing trees (5) 6 Propitiatory gift (5,8) 7 Urban fortress (7) 11 Instructor (7) 13 An unbeliever (7) 14 Nobly courageous (6) 16 Flooded with water (5) 18 Clever trick (5)