THE CROSSWORDS

2021-09-23 -

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Date and remove (4,3)

4 Impose a ban on fresh bread (5)

7 Deposits of Ancient Rome perhaps (4) 8 Sadly, they lack an opener (8)

10 Though possibly original, it is less than novel (5,5)

12 A diminutive person - or a ten-footer? (6) 13 Sandy hair? (6)

15 Robust shoes will be (4,2,4)

18 It may be pressed to gain an admission (8) 19 New line that starts from Victoria (4) 20 Lamps set out in church perhaps (5)

21 Did it take the theatre by storm? (7)

DOWN

1 Losses from strikes (5)

2 Day broke strangely, it’s noted (8) 3 Characteristics of an artist (6)

4 Road notice, perhaps, a job for a painter (10)

5 It’s self-propelled transport, in short (4) 6 He’s right to take Monday off (7)

9 Its owner will have impressions of many countries (5,5)

11 Periodical with explosive contents (8) 12 Show politeness to a lady, but not to a girl-friend (5,2)

14 Not a big shot in the gunnery world (6) 16 Give free medical attention? (5)

17 Girl in a road accident (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

4 Acknowledge (5)

7 Clenched hand (4)

8 Shared together (2,6)

10 Doomed to end badly (3-7)

12 A fixation (6)

13 A reddish metal (6)

15 People at local political level (5,5) 18 Momentous (8)

19 Become boring (4)

20 Veracity (5)

21 Rash impetuous person (7)

DOWN

1 Civilian clothes (5)

2 Laid waste (8)

3 Showy clothes (6) 4 Without deception (5,5)

5 A citrus fruit (4)

6 To talk round (3,4) 9 Continuously (2,1,7) 11 Modern (2-2-4)

12 Lose the right to (7)

14 In itself (2,4)

16 Unanimous (5)

17 South American country (4)