daily double

the hard way

ACROSS

1 Book describing shyness ( 7) 5 He proposes a thousand too many ( 5) 8 Self- important as a direct result ( 13) 9 No blind prophets ( 5) 10 Going to great lengths at either end ( 7) 11 Annoy by no longer working to the finish ( 6) 12 Standing in a rank ( 6) 15 Born not so long ago ( 7) 17 The sailor has to put back a card ( 5) 19 Filmed by night - it’s a chancy business ( 4,2,3,4) 20 Measures some of the rigging ( 5) 21 Stops in crooked side streets ( 7)

DOWN

1 Cares about the peoples of the world ( 5) 2 Funny feeling? ( 5, 2,6) 3 Catches as one comes drunkenly home ( 5, 2) 4 Avoids the Spanish dues perhaps ( 6) 5 Gathered round an artist from France ( 5) 6 One is not openly menaced by them ( 6,7) 7 They take no end of towels ( 7) 11 A long wandering tale ( 7) 13 Ties the rest in knots ( 7) 14 Grilled cheese may be ( 6) 16 Calls round and smiles ( 5) 18 Accepts a new edition of Keats ( 5)