CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Next to last (11) 9. Lubricant (3) 10. Racing sail (9) 11. Crouch (5) 13. Myths (7) 14. Adorned (6) 16. Native of Brittany (6) 18. Mediterranean coastal region (7) 19. Valuable possession (5) 20. Change direction (4,5) 21. Preserve (3) 22. Teenagers (11)

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2. Unit of length (3) 3. Disturb (5) 4. Dessert (6) 5. Director (7) 6. Write down observations (4,5) 7. Thoughtful (11) 8. See 19 Down. 12. Exposed (9) 15. Entire visual organ (7) 17. Sticks (6) 19 & 8Dn. Now (2,3,7,4) 21. Spout (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Write the last – or last but one! (11) 9. Back in the well I obtained fuel (3) 10. Spike ran askew round the end of the lateen sail (9) 11. What occupants who have no title do (5) 13. A supporter concludes they're traditional accounts (7) 14. Describing a sizeable vessel dressed overall? (6) 16. Brontë translated into Celtic French (6) 18. Holiday area where I arrive in some confusion (7) 19. Theresa making a come-back as a kind of stripper? (5) 20. Face the other way and change the course of a fight (4,5) 21. This kind of session will cause congestion (3) 22. Youngsters fuss with the French perfumes (11)

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2. Sounds like a letter more than a yard long! (3) 3. Ailing, but not lying in bed with the radio (5) 4. Dally with a sweet dish (6) 5. A German becomes the boss (7) 6. Write brief comments on what bank robbers do (4,5) 7. Thinking of others when desecration is rampant (11) 8. See 19 Down 12. Describing a nudist who's not insured! (9) 15. As a pupil, I cry loudly, by the sound of it (7) 17. Sticks to the vetoes all round (6) 19 & 8Dn. Now, or when Christmas comes! (2,3,7,4) 21. This will spray the aircraft (3)

SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS CROSSWORD

Across: 6 Wartime; 7 Essen; 9 Worry; 10 Archaic; 12 Isaac Newton; 14 Constituent; 18 Conceal; 19 Story; 21 Scent; 22 Caprice. Down: 1 Baron; 2 Stores; 3 Imp; 4 Eschew; 5 Medicos; 8 Bran tub; 11 Vatican; 13 Morocco; 15 Second; 16 Nature; 17 Grace; 20 Oak.