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the crosswords
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Injured fliers returned to base (7) 5 Prepares gifts and cards (5) 8 It will prevent the sheets getting awry (5,8) 9 Possibly earn a place in the sporting world (5) 10 Ancestral family row takes a long time (7) 11 Raids set up in back street to expose gangs (6) 12 Service provider (6) 15 Conspirator follows the flight of a plane (7) 17 Hospital situated in pleasant nook (5) 19 Goes to the dogs? (5,2,6) 20 A three-year-old race (5) 21 Yet its operations don’t take place here (7)
DOWN 1 No right to praise new colour (5) 2 Sweet request for a perfect arrangement (5-3,5) 3 Man found in derelict barn with bed outside (7) 4 Fatal delay perhaps involves a number (6) 5 It’s staged apparently as a hoax (3-2) 6 The time it takes for ill-feeling to disappear (13) 7 An instrument of Eve’s downfall (7) 11 Reached a point of transposing usual bureaucracy (7) 13 Deep hatred for a soldier we hear (7) 14 They may advance or stop if ordered (6) 16 Portion of rarebit; a style of savoury (5) 18 Two points say for a shot (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Command to appear somewhere (7) 5 Spacious (5) 8 Low impetus (3,3,2,5) 9 Author of Robinson Crusoe (5) 10 File of papers on subject (7) 11 Detective (6) 12 Armed robber (6) 15 To higher level (7) 17 Regulations (5) 19 Pretend not to notice (4,1,5,3) 20 Hazardous (5) 21 Distinguished conductor (7)
DOWN 1 Smallest amount (5) 2 Taciturn person (3,2,3,5) 3 Rich (7) 4 Poorly made (6) 5 Main ingredient (5) 6 Too willing to overlook faults (13) 7 Feature deserving censure (7) 11 A speech impediment (7) 13 Classify (7) 14 Sanctuary (6) 16 Fit for immediate use (5) 18 Deal with (3,2)