THE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Unwanted gas pipe? (7) 5 Ready to fight for a dream perhaps (5) 8 Unimportant Arab chiefs we hear (2,5,6) 9 Cattle guide (5) 10 His examinations necessitate a lot of book work (7) 11 Attractive number on yacht all at sea (6) 12 Take Latin (6) 15 It controls the waves though the rain is wild (7) 17 In a way age is some protection (5) 19 Promising gardening correspondent? (7,6) 20 As many as there can be (5) 21 Had a vision which put me in great fear (7) DOWN 1 Birds from other nests (5) 2 He takes the lot (7,6) 3 A hunter in difficulty brings ferret out (7) 4 It doubles up with an old master (6) 5 Yearned - for an aspirin? (5) 6 What bees do when really busy? (4,6,3) 7 Justify being wrongly severed (7) 11 In a small company custom is to share quarters (7) 13 An age certain to get wiped out (7) 14 Produced in a dramatic way (6) 16 A row in a casino is expected (5) 18 She would pack a right in a scrap (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Wealthy (7) 5 A target game (5) 8 The crunch (6,2,5) 9 Power to influence (5) 10 Suffocate (7) 11 Burned to a shell (6) 12 Ancient Japanese religion (6) 15 Sloth (7) 17 Bitterly pungent (5) 19 Using the latest techniques (5-2-3-3) 20 Give way (5) 21 Indignant (7) DOWN 1 To ridicule by imitation (5) 2 Basic goal of an activity (4,2,3,4) 3 China’s principal river (7) 4 Half asleep (6) 5 The same (5) 6 Crudely made but effective (5-3-5) 7 A playful musical composition (7) 11 Contradict (7) 13 Godless (7) 14 A basket-making fibre (6) 16 Walk along (5) 18 Old-fashioned (5)

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