CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Weapon used by a tall double bass player? (7)

5. You may find them around in the room (5)

8. Dig out marigold – this could be the lesson… (5)

9. …cut off a foot (7)

10. Lily, Tina & I could be at first (9)

11. Where you will get a daily rise (6)

12. Sorted out and put away (6) 15. An attack by planes grounded? (3,6)

18. Yet it’s not full of vegetables (7)

19. A surprising, we hear, atmospheric area (5)

20. She comes from Pepel, Sierra Leone (5)

21. A tussle around sloping masses of rock at the base of a cliff (7)

Down 1. Hanging in there and try to go under Rod (5)

2. Island county (7)

3. You may end up pocketing the kitty here (8,5)

4. Lets out tin whistle from the inside (6)

5. Woodenly hit Ed through and through (4,2,3,4)

6. Sketch student may speak slower (5)

7. Sped about place with a funny leg (7)

11. What the British stroll in? – Not likely! (7)

13. Explains the causes (7) 14. He is gifted perhaps but nervous (6)

16. Bores a hole in 500 sheets (5)

17. Nose out noblesses to sanctify (5)