the crosswords

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A dancing champion showing a quickstep (2,1,4) 4 Make fun of one’s peers (5) 7 She unites the Spanish and the French (4) 8 Have a touch of colour and be miserable (4,4) 10 Where one may get a preview of what’s in store (4,6) 12 Traffic snarl perhaps in a square at the corner (6) 13 Leave behind waste (6) 15 Train speed reduced to walking pace (10) 18 Sort of seat possibly alarming to a candidate (8) 19 No more remaining (4) 20 Clear a computer program? (5) 21 Cleaner prepared to expand (7)

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1 Pieces of land in the Far East (5) 2 Versatile at every one of 18 holes (3-5) 3 Players ordered off (6) 4 New hotel suite in outline (10) 5 Regulation equipment for carpenter (4) 6 Smart Force Ten gale turbulence (7) 9 Grew silent becoming too hot to talk (10) 11 He’s quite convinced he’s drunk vile beer (8) 12 Adjusted the sails and docked (7) 14 Chaps take a long time in the household (6) 16 Tender seen in harbour (5) 17 Short game in which a child goes to sleep (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Evoke (7) 4 Vantage point (5) 7 Sour (4) 8 Veracious (8) 10 Vital (4,2,4) 12 Fraudulent scheme (6) 13 Really (2,4) 15 Superficial knowledge (10) 18 Outstanding (8) 19 To cripple (4) 20 Subsequent (5) 21 Manifest (7)

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1 Muffler (5) 2 Immobile traffic jam (8) 3 A marine reptile (6) 4 Pioneer (10) 5 Widespread (4) 6 Extremely foolish person (7) 9 Very profitable activity (10) 11 Badinage (8) 12 Far-reaching (7) 14 Immediately (2,4) 16 Whole range (5) 17 An enticement (4)