Crossword 2

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Not a specific allowance for American commander (7,5) 7. At an advanced hour 10 produce untreated rubber (5) 8. React to provide food (5) 9. A long time in the RAF (3) 10. Extremes, as pointed out (9) 11. Limited some of the staff in it, evidently (6) 12. Remake a burnt oriental head-dress (6) 15. Not the oath taken in court! (9) 17. Unity among honest people (3) 18. Oppose mongrel (5) 19. Also the incomplete fang (5) 21. Not a serious plot it would seem (7-5)

Down

1. Serious crime where receiver of stolen goods is buried (5,7) 2. Decay up the hill (3) 3. The slackness of 10 among laymen (6) 4. Career put in disorder by seizure of escapee (9) 5. Observed Edward was missing (5) 6. Barred disc? (6,6) 7. Get to know Shakespearean king never ever went astray (5) 10. Unaffectedly without aesthetic sense? (9) 13. There’s nothing in the pair of them being in a cubicle (5) 14. Points to new part of an engine (6) 16. 50 at the front of the ship search for prey (5) 20. At a distance from the wheel of fortune (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Swelling (12) 7. Exhausted (5) 8. Happen again (5) 9. Unity (3) 10. Stupid (9) 11. Malign (6) 12. Epistle (6) 15. Remember (9) 17. Pinch (3) 18. Prickle (5) 19. Laconic (5) 21. Break (12)

Down

1. Outweigh (12) 2. Utility (3) 3. Range (6) 4. Pact (9) 5. Hoard (5) 6. Recipe (12) 7. Ledge (5) 10. Likeness (9) 13. Taut (5) 14. Joker (6) 16. Sovereignty (5) 20. Tear (3)