Crossword 2

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1. Heavenly body - you’ll find me in bed! (5)

4. Does this contain records suitable for a lumber camp? (3,4)

8. Stuffy description of one with no successor, we hear (7)

9 & 3Dn. Producer branches? (5,4)

10. A blow from Angus Thompson (4) 11. Notes air is transposed as ‘Lady of Spain’ (8)

13. What the craftsman uses, as well as a learner (4)

14. Restraining device to exert sovereign control, we hear (4)

16. Prominent feature of chief country (8)

17. Parasite to run away from, by the sound of it (4)

20. One gets a ring from Karen Adams (5)

21. Producing a rent from Tangier (7) 22. Framework used in the training

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1. Uncertainty (5) 4. Propriety (7) 8. Melancholy (7) 9. Niches (5)

10. Detail (4)

11. Flirt (8)

13. Gloomy (4)

14. Employer (4)

16. Badges of office (8) 17. Sharp (4)

20. Lift (5)

21. Hurricane (7) 22. Merit (7)

23. Lock (5)

of

peaceful of climbers (7)

23. Chosen to succeed some of the lecturers (5)

DOWN

1. The result of a cardiac transplant? (6,2,5)

2. Indicates points scored (5)

3. See 9 Across

4. Diminish a period of instruction, we hear (6)

5. Nothing interrupts the saints that’s a propitious sign (4,4)

6. You’ll find nothing to hold down a point of view (7)

7 & 19Dn. Don’t

(4,1,8,4)

12. Telephone conversation at the summons of the bell! (4,4)

13. The safety of the circus performer may depend on this (7)

15. Solders, maybe, use tin mixture (6)

18. Folk literature about one French river (5)

19. See 7 Down

DOWN

1. Eminent (13) 2. Excessive (5) 3. Afterwards (4) 4. Dictator (6) 5. Subjugation (8) 6. Cockerel (7) 7. Assorted (13) 12. Less gloomy (8) 13. Sack (7)

15. Small (6)

18. Dodge (5)

19. Worry (4)

let the

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