{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Shaken cider as a type of cocktail (7) 5 Subject to select endlessly (5) 8 More or less following a style (5,1,7) 9 Roots develop into a trunk (5) 10 It’s a pen of new design, filled to overflowing (2,5) 11 Desire a new T-shirt (6) 12 Add a couple of pages, then finish (6) 15 Its card may produce dire consequences (7) 17 Outsize rubbish stacked round the henhouse (5) 19 Striking was prevalent when these staffs were employed (8,5) 20 Pulls out from America? (5) 21 Pay in full, please (7)
DOWN
1 Looks like a well used part of a mine (5) 2 A conclusion showing resolution (13) 3 Young lad among the transport containers (7) 4 A new affair that’s binding (6) 5 Enquire in the backstreet for jobs (5) 6 Not public accommodation for soldiers? (7,6) 7 Make an effort to study with care (7) 11 Passage where water comes and goes (7) 13 Animal in a role that gives limited protection (7) 14 Angry outbursts in parts of the play (6) 16 A step perhaps taken to achieve records (5) 18 Portion of a rarebit: a style of savoury (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 As well (7) 5 Intelligible (5) 8 Risk-taking businessmen (13) 9 Fabric of jeans (5) 10 Arrange in order (7) 11 African desert (6) 12 Instrumentality (6) 15 Polite and friendly (7) 17 Subject of talk (5) 19 Supreme commander (13) 20 Throw out (5) 21 Dispute noisily (7)
DOWN
1 Mix (5) 2 Remain neutral (3,2,3,5) 3 A visionary (7) 4 Small crustacean (6) 5 Passenger ship (5) 6 Taken unawares (6,7) 7 Exhibit (7) 11 Sequin (7) 13 Become a sailor (2,2,3) 14 To roar (6) 16 Round flat cap (5) 18 Tedious task (5)