THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Objects to Ernest’s replacement (7)

5 Drove dangerously, ripping tunic (3,2)

8 It means the end of a union (7,6)

9 Possibly arise in the conversation of caravanners? (5)

10 Place money (7)

11 Objects to nights out? (6)

12 They also multiply, naturally (6)

15 Bitterness associated with an age old craft (7)

17 Sheep providing tufty wool (5)

19 It’s currently attractive (13)

20 She makes two points about Western democracy (5)

21 Places visited on holidays or in between holidays (7)

DOWN

1 Is taken aback? (5)

2 Serious complaint? (6,7)

3 Patient attention (7)

4 Result of being quick on the draw? (6)

5 Move stealthily like an American Indian, quietly (5)

6 Go round the bend, or get better? (4,3,6)

7 They are steely-eyed (7)

11 Catty female (7)

13 Fed up with the fish but settles the bill (7)

14 People enter for this sort of sport (6)

16 We hear school meals should be this (5)

18 Birds of prey often highly-strung (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Russian tea urn (7)

5 Comparatively unimportant (5)

8 Extremely funny (13)

9 Leave undisturbed (3,2)

10 Suffocate (7)

11 Flashy (6)

12 Renowned (6)

15 Dilettante (7)

17 Fight (5)

19 Uncompromising (4-2-3-4)

20 Shabby (5)

21 An English cheese (7)

DOWN

1 Fibre used for ropes (5)

2 Afro-asian-european sea (13)

3 Evensong (7)

4 Enjoy (6)

5 Maxim (5)

6 Vicinity (13)

7 Kind wishes (7)

11 Circumspect (7)

13 Severely simple (7)

14 Professional reviewer (6)

16 To uplift (5)

18 Diametrically opposed (5)