THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Bill goes to the north gate (7)
4 The keynote of medicine (5)
7 Producers of light skates? (4)
8 Work at opening port (8)
10 Duties that do not extend very far (5,5)
12 Father divides the remains of a meal (6)
13 Vessels which, coming back, may be waiting for the wind (6)
15 Commanding individuals with important roles to play (7,3)
18 Respect I possibly show those that have paid (8)
19 It conveys one’s meaning (4)
20 Wicked impulse that makes men do wrong (5)
21 Set down in the act, but not immediately implemented (7)
DOWN
1 I get a number to follow through danger (5)
2 Blue picture? (8)
3 Indian antelope that’s ailing perhaps (6)
4 Trees will not usually grow above this height (6,4)
5 In France we mind (4)
6 Small company having unusually short Roman soldiers (7)
9 A Scot of the greatest urbanity (10)
11 In vulgar fashion, usually (8)
12 Stopped work and went to bed (7)
14 Revised point I’d raised with Edward (6)
16 Observed how music is written (5)
17 The lowest sort of people, but always found at the top (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 To mirror (7)
4 Surround hostilely (5)
7 Number of paying spectators (4)
8 Religious choral work (8)
10 Dawdle (5-5)
12 Absurd behaviour (6)
13 Without a like (6)
15 John Ford’s classic western (10)
18 In the sky (8)
19 Prejudice (4)
20 Male singing voice (5)
21 General pardon (7)
DOWN
1 Unbending (5)
2 Uselessness (8)
3 Filament (6)
4 Traffic hold-up (10)
5 Nimble (4)
6 Difficulty (7)
9 Something visually arresting (3-7)
11 11th sign of zodiac (8)
12 Insult (7)
14 Large tropical lizard (6)
16 Done in a hurry (5)
17 With little or no fat (4)