CRYPTIC CLUES

Quick Clues

ACROSS

1. Tranquil (4)

8. Rudimentary (10)

9. Guarded (8)

10. Title (4)

12. Confined (6)

14. Scanty (6)

15. Clouded (6)

17. Cushioned (6)

18. Presently (4)

19. Tolerable (8)

21. Single (10)

22. Comfort (4)

DOWN

2. Change (10)

3. Pool (4)

4. Lea (6)

5. Rarely (6)

6. Flag (8)

7. Sort (4)

11. Wonderful (10)

13. Amorous (8)

16. Wreckage (6)

17. Torment (6)

18. Greedy (4)

20. Competent (4)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 7 Apart; 8 Eyesore; 9 Trounce; 10 Trick; 12 Productive; 15 In name only; 18 Fiend; 19 Freedom; 21 Replace; 22 Plain.

DOWN: 1 Past belief; 2 Taboo; 3 Stun; 4 Behead; 5 Vertical; 6 Politic; 11 Keep in mind; 13 Remedial; 14 Unkempt; 16 Offset; 17 Ideal; 20 Espy.

ACROSS

1. Mail for a South American capital (4)

8. A one-man show for which a bow is taken (6,4) He is a scholar to some degree (8) Note backing for school (4) It’s unusual to frighten about 100 (6) Number of tomatoes hothouse is reckoned to yield initially (6) Profligate noticed cutting tool (6) Maintenance is not apparently something to cut down on (6) Tragic king noted for nonsense verse (4) Amongst a small group of men, she is reduced to silence (8) Contents not touched by attacking player? (6,4) Yesterday’s Solutions ACROSS: 7 Dress; 8 Adapted; 9 Arrests; 10 Equip; 12 Well placed; 15 Armageddon; 18 Solfa; 19 Nuclear; 21 Portend; 22 Arena.

DOWN: 1 Edwardians; 2 Tears; 3 Uses; 4 Tassel; 5 Waterloo; 6 Staunch; 11 Pedestrian; 13 Engraved; 14 Implore; 16 Denude; 17 Melee; 20 Chat.

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2. When actually done, having trained well (2,8)

Help about five to be greedy (4) In convoy, a generally safe journey (6) Straight credit? (6)

Article set out chance of injury for star (8) Thus about to take place shortly (4) Honest but flat (2,3,5)

Hold back the others, wet weather following (8)

Disc with hole in it for doing the laundry? (6)

Not accustomed to being unemployed? (6) Put down article in cover (4)

What the court does to lose its standing? (4)

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