THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 It’s not profitable to make (7)
5 Laughter in company’s causing disorder (5) 8 Made money illegally (13)
9 Put off Ted’s return with hesitation (5)
10 It distributes by air (7)
11 Puts up a house for sale, perhaps (6)
12 Such a shop is somewhat limited (6)
15 They are entitled to a share of whatever is left (7)
17 Sea air adds a little weight to one (5) 19 Different view put in writing by a dramatist (6,2,5)
20 Directions to prosecute follow (5)
21 Dope and sex orgy gets uncovered (7)
DOWN
1 Like the cubed root of carrot perhaps (5) 2 Jets start out from them (13)
3 Provided food for a domestic pet and wild deer (7)
4 Sailor joins a Scotsman on the roads (6) 5 Acquit the prisoner and empty the court (5) 6 They adopt different attitudes when working (7,6)
7 Burdened - with a back seat driver? (7) 11 Self-propelled transport (7)
13 Sets one’s sights higher and improves (5,2) 14 A wild horse on land (6)
16 Cosy feature of a mountain glen (5)
18 Don’t go on about me to improve matters (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Learned person (7)
5 Reject with disdain (5)
8 Rigidly imposed organisation (13) 9 Factory (5)
10 Viewed as a whole (7) 11 Affectedly superior (2-2-2) 12 Hydrophobia (6)
15 Public service company (7) 17 Male duck (5)
19 A show-off (13)
20 Fashion (5)
21 Inexplicable matter (7)
DOWN
1 Discard (5)
2 Imperious (4,3,6) 3 Narrow (7)
4 Haphazard (6) 5 Sophisticated (5) 6 Lacking creativity (13) 7 Perplex (7)
11 Honours due to victor (7) 13 Demanding (7)
14 Method (6)
16 Tinge deeply (5) 18 Ingress (5)