Crossword 2

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. They do wind Leo up when extreme and unchangeable... (4-2-3-4)

8 . .... and where the act may be perpetrated (5-3)

9. She’s a gem (4)

10. Alter the control (6)

12. Don’t give in to an awful sister (6)

14. A new storey built for a mollusc (6)

16. Pleasantly upsetting lice in New York (6)

18. Just a travelling entertainment (4)

20. The completeness of eternity, possibly (8)

22. Stick with the bureau’s personnel? (5,2,6)

Down

1. Incidentally, it’s on the pavement (2,3,3)

2. Coming up to Christmas (6) 3. She has to overeat (4) 4. Accompanying woman from Cape Horn (8)

5. Foils, for example, in crossword-solving (6)

6. It’s a blunder either way you look at it (4)

11. Container for jade, perhaps (8)

13. Closet is tidied up for the 21st of December (8)

15. A split at Tottenham Hotspur concerning money-management (6)

17. A bottle for the artist in the snack bar (6)

19. Singer featured in some of Walton’s works (4)

21. Implement the return of the swag (4)