Crossword 3

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

6. Needs float to finish round (7) 7. Step up pyramid carrying young Barker (5) 9. Novel made three points (3) 10. Most important, although of equal quantity (9) 12. Describing a dizzy blonde (5-6) 15. Scholar has object to fit diving gear (7-4) 17. In red, able to travel to where the needy wait (9) 19. The Spanish king’s beast (3) 21. Started to entreat a new ... (5) 22 . ... star, men arranged to spruce (7)

Down

1. Vessel making rules (5) 2. Blue section of whisky bottle (3) 3. Sink under the weight of a long tale (4) 4. Put out cat; I am working independently (9) 5. Pens ran over the tool (7) 8. Father and Tom have pity (6) 11. Entitlement to be off immediately (5,4) 13. Common name put on door (6) 14. Obstruction caused by a bishop in funeral carriage (7) 16. Passageway through the valleys (5) 18. Figure at first it is unfeeling (4) 20. Make an effort to carry ball over (3)

QUICK CLUES Across

6. Difficulty (7) 7. Automaton (5) 9. Plaything (3) 10. Invaluable (9) 12. Unfair (11) 15. Uniform (11) 17. Tiny (9) 19. Adhesive (3) 21. Regal (5) 22. Sparkle (7)

Down

1. Slaver (5) 2. Recede (3) 3. Dam (4) 4. Associate (9) 5. Confer (7) 8. Writer (6) 11. Disliked (9) 13. Slake (6) 14. Scan (7) 16. Ravine (5) 18. Lascivious (4) 20. Tavern (3)