Belfast Telegraph

Crossword 2

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CRYPTICCLU­ES

Across

1. What the moth does becomes apparent (5,2,5)

7. Instrument for amusing artisan (5)

8. Some of the stud ornamentat­ion is Late Perpendicu­lar style (5)

9. More than one hooligan dies after this quarrel (3)

10. Presumably not the main publicatio­n (4-5)

11. First-class speed contest for famous aviator (3,3)

12. Glum face when the sergeant-major comes in (6)

15. Shopkeeper­s need smart rearrangem­ent (9)

17. Sounds like an entrance for the insect (3)

18. A game of golf for the canon (5)

19. The clue needs amending about northern member of the family (5)

21. Peals announcing the nuptials? (7-5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Despicable (12) 7. Deserve (5)

8. Mere (5)

9. Possess (3)

10. Force (9)

11. Summary (6) 12. Man (6)

15. Troublesom­e (9) 17. Tune (3)

18. Oust (5)

19. Fang (5)

21. Self-direction (12)

Down

1. Men of note who direct those in the stalls (5-7)

2. Some of the houses outside of little value in France (3)

3. Drove madly over the ring to make oneself exhausted (6) 4. Unreasoned perception in teaching (9)

5. Doesn’t reveal the sources of leather (5)

6. Tidy quarters where army discipline is maintained (7,5)

7. A smaller number of people in the cafe we recognised (5)

10. Received what was left and did well (9)

13. Disease carrier smaller than a dwarf (5)

14. Vehemently oppose a mischief-maker with ugly looking gun (6)

16. A smart kind of accent (5) 20. Transport that causes endless anxiety (3)

Down

1. Map-maker (12)

2. Deviate (3)

3. Powerful (6)

4. Hasty (9)

5. S. American wool-producer (5) 6. Incontrove­rtible (12)

7. Less (5)

10. Selected group (9)

13. Tether (5)

14. Sting (6)

16. Branch (5)

20. Strange (3)

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