{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Insect on an animal may cause anxiety (7)
4 Broken grid I fixed (5)
7 Country rain storm (4)
8 Yields from TV shares (8)
10 Notes or coins for the newsboy? (5,5)
12 Country girl on the vessel (6)
13 Fish - or fish shops - may have them (6)
15 Side given drink for morale? (4,6)
18 Made up to appear calm (8)
19 Ring Ann to come round soon (4)
20 Regretting having to destroy a note (5)
21 Extend the time in jail (7)
DOWN
1 Pompous colonel is an old gasbag (5)
2 Holding an avaricious attitude (8)
3 Argue about an issue (6)
4 A book to be critically examined but not purchased (6,4)
5 Cut a letter on a tree (4)
6 Diana’s a girl cashier (7)
9 Early form of rock music? (6,4)
11 It’s instrumental in having wine around (8)
12 Middle-aged English travel writer (7)
14 Urges some simple modification (6)
16 Decimal fraction (5)
17 Jet fighters? (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Suffer mental breakdown (5,2)
4 Greek fabulist (5)
7 Make demand (4)
8 Outsider (8)
10 The full details (3,3,4)
12 Catchword (6)
13 Shakespeare tragedy (6)
15 Grim (10)
18 Lines spoken in play (8)
19 Placid (4)
20 Subsequent (5)
21 Turn aside (7)
DOWN
1 Spined desert plants (5)
2 Indirect reference (8)
3 Large constricting snake (6)
4 Daring innovative (5-5)
5 Wise (4)
6 Occupation (7)
9 Considered disreputable (2,3,5)
11 Final (8)
12 Disgraceful event (7)
14 Ludicrous (6)
16 Entire range (5)
17 Manner of walking (4)