THE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Take over from a man selling delicate material (7) 5 Olga’s staggering on port (5) 8 A fair exchange in sight (2,3,3,2,3) 9 Tom comes back with it - that’s understood (5) 10 Space for some oar movement (3,4) 11 Ventilator in a gallery (6) 12 He shares what’s left (2-4) 15 Such twins were once inseparable (7) 17 The Spanish weapon involved in the movement of arms (5) 19 To take up the post is to increase the risk (5,3,5) 20 Council saying evil is peculiar? (5) 21 Seven days and one more, but not Sunday (7)

Down

1 New rotas for cook (5) 2 Dedicated thought given before starting the job (13) 3 One helping a superior, it’s said (7) 4 In Latin ‘I’ is used by many showing vanity (6) 5 Pack animal brings everything up around morning (5) 6 Takes the plunge without consulting the directors (4,9) 7 Vessel without sails makes me stare (7) 11 Puts a gloss on bad results (7) 13 Exercise supervision in place of a bishop (7) 14 His father’s in the pop business (6) 16 Right for boy to hold hands (5) 18 Lanky, like unwanted plants (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Lacking flavour (7) 5 A forest tree (5) 8 Sit down and relax (3,4,4,2) 9 Execute under mob law (5) 10 Aloofness (7) 11 African desert (6) 12 Pester (6) 15 Compel observance of (7) 17 Having a pungent flavour (5) 19 With ironical intent (6,2,5) 20 Fear greatly (5) 21 To sugar (7)

DOWN

1 Motivate (5) 2 Refuse to take sides (3,2,3,5) 3 Leopard (7) 4 Allay suspicions of (6) 5 Consecrate by prayer (5) 6 Hospitality (13) 7 Unfortunate (7) 11 Made by exploited labour (7) 13 Written newspaper feature (7) 14 Negligent (6) 16 Bullet (5) 18 Area of northwest Canada (5)

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