the crosswords

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Policemen get little money (7) 4 Engagement ring (5) 7 Period of time - spring for example (4) 8 Played with babies? (8) 10 Boxing champion employed in the circus (10) 12 The spirit of enmity (6) 13 A street to flatten out for a gentle walk (6) 15 Champions in five shows (10) 18 Public transport stops here when time runs out (8) 19 Nail turned blue (4) 20 Break up a dancing partnership (3,2) 21 Travelling goods will be in it (7)

DOWN

1 Trace misdirected supply (5) 2 Movingly depict an academic (8) 3 Speak forcefully providing a cause of tension (6) 4 He’s bound to learn a job in paper etc. (10) 5 Looked over carefully? I’d say! (4) 6 Learns a way to produce a magazine (7) 9 Charge for firearms (10) 11 Strives to study minds (8) 12 Acquit a drunk now living on water (7) 14 Tune gets the publicity deserved (6) 16 Shared a small bottle (5) 17 Summons an author without hesitation (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Gruesome (7) 4 Drainage channel (5) 7 Lacking capacity to excite (4) 8 Sole rights (8) 10 Regarded as permanent (4,2,4) 12 Careless (6) 13 Sisters, English novelists (6) 15 Untruthful (10) 18 Strict disciplinarian (8) 19 Nullify (4) 20 The best part (5) 21 An advantageous purchase (7)

DOWN

1 To tally (5) 2 West African country (8) 3 Systematic selfishness (6) 4 Make a tactless blunder (4,1,5) 5 City of Homeric legend (4) 6 Out of control (7) 9 Scarce and in demand (2,1,7) 11 Habitual sleeplessness (8) 12 Earth-shaking (7) 14 A part of speech (6) 16 To faint (5) 17 Genuine (4)

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