{ THE CROSSWORDS }

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 They provide information for workers at the bank (7)

5 Plunder Winchester for example (5) 8 To suppress frauds you need the courts (6,7)

9 The Spanish get round the English girl (5) 10 Charge for delivering pages to be edited (7)

11 Write a sonnet about wooden joints (6) 12 The pilots remain in trouble (6)

15 Still a variety of sausage (7)

17 Support for the board (5)

19 Don’t go up to one and be ruthless? (4,2,7) 20 A sign to know (5)

21 Tool for tightening up a bridge perhaps (7)

DOWN

1 Have an oral test? (5) 2 Comedian’s repertoire is one that’s really ridiculous (8,5)

3 Greek letter varies in slope (7)

4 A close shave? (6)

5 Stretchers used for carrying luggage (5) 6 Open acknowledgment that there’s no entrance fee (4,9)

7 Point behind the ship towards the ] sunrise (7)

11 Travelling goods will be in it (7) 13 Show sluggishness; i.e. train sloppily (7) 14 Human or not, they exist (6) 16 Turkish leader elected for a second time (5)

18 Beer turns up in royal style (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 A published review (5-2) 5 Deserve (5)

8 Outmoded (13)

9 Very stupid (5)

10 Brilliant red (7)

11 Excessively affectionate (6) 12 Ferocious (6)

15 Caller (7)

17 Escape grasp of (5)

19 Result in failure (4,2,7) 20 Correspond (5)

21 Arrogant self-confidence (7)

DOWN

1 Injury (5) 2 Immeasurably small (13) 3 Oriental (7) 4 Ordained minister (6) 5 Madness (5)

6 Stirring up discontent (6-7) 7 Playhouse (7) 11 Pigeonhouse (7) 13 Sluggishness (7)

14 A distant planet (6)

16 Of poor quality (5) 18 Keen (5)