Crossword 3

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

6. Infernally spiteful female! (7)

7. I wail when the Hebrew maid returns (5)

9. Keep away from a vacuum (5) 10. Guards for the timekeepers (7) 12. They are settled when people have departed (5,6)

14. The sounds of those about to become engaged (6,5)

18. A Roman Catholic light? (3,4) 19. Publication produced by man and wife (5)

21. You’ll find stacks out of shape (5) 22. Steering devices required for ploughman (7)

Across

6. Uniform (7) 7. Clip off (5) 9. Shred (5)

10. Attitude (7) 12. Last but one (11) 14. Allowable (11) 18. Stockings (7) 19. Daub (5)

21. Corner (5) 22. Exhaustion (7)

Down

1. Don’t disturb a spell of duty (5) 2. This may get caught when one is in position (6)

3. See 20 Down

4. Mother’s little cottage shows charm (6)

5. Give me a term to produce a device of current importance (7) 8. Fire-fighting equipment showing defects in the hose (7)

11. Different educational levels confuse the masters (7)

13. One who pesters the long-distance runner (7)

15. Put the middle piece of the bulb in dumps to produce flowers (6) 16. Hardly constitutes an antonym for this! (6)

17. It may be described as filthy and it could be cruel (5)

20 & 3Dn. Would a pieceworker be suitable for assembling this? (6)

Down

1. Instruct (5) 2. Kind (6) 3. Uncooked (3) 4. Metre (6) 5. Recount (7) 8. Include (7) 11. Hasty (7) 13. Echo (7) 15. Chiefly (6) 16. Clear (6) 17. Uncertain (5) 20. Course (3)