THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 He fills much of his working day (7)

5 A card cheat may be so described (5) 8 Grave taxes can disrupt them (13) 9 Times by the score (5)

10 Teacher who eats too much? (7)

11 To some extent more willingly (6) 12 Coaches may turn to rust (6)

15 I am imprisoned in a fortress in Spain (7) 17 Still seen around as a cause of ferment (5)

19 String reasons together somehow for breaking the law (13)

20 Master and servant (5)

21 Flag officers? (7)

DOWN

1 Stayed and spoke at length on a subject (5)

2 Very busy explaining what the Reign of Terror was? (2,4,2,5)

3 Fancy - game in one move (7)

4 Happy medium condition? (6)

5 Animal that’s a knock-out to the French (5)

6 Taking in, being obliging (13) 7 Guarantees two points to new users (7) 11 A public delivery (7)

13 Sly Sue’s destroyed Joyce’s character (7) 14 He holds listeners in a kind of transport (6)

16 Spring edition? (5)

18 Grasping secret societies in China? (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Clergy (7)

5 Assign (5)

8 Supplying information (13) 9 Attract (5)

10 Loss of memory (7)

11 Forceful (6)

12 Bell tower (6)

15 Out of the running (7)

17 Prevent (5)

19 North, for example (8,5) 20 Passage between rows (5) 21 Underwater excavation boat (7)

DOWN

1 Impression (5)

2 Bluntly (2,2,4,5)

3 Withdraw from contest (7) 4 For example (4,2)

5 Strange (5)

6 Very patient (4-9)

7 Species of small kangaroo (7) 11 Cure-all (7)

13 Instance (7)

14 Consider (6)

16 A select group (5)

18 Private teacher (5)