Crossword 4

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

7 & 12Ac. How any properly run railway is operated (2,3,5,5)

8. Deflated and left without support (3,4)

9. Pass on information about a nobleman (7)

10. Prove equal to the requirement of the would-be striker (5)

12. See 7 Across

15. Greenfly, for instance, could be a danger to pets (6,4)

18. The result of adding to unfinished story (5)

19. Gild the illuminated translation (7)

21. Startin’ to show what the freight is in (7)

22. Intimate show to give one’s opinion of, we hear (5)

Down

1. The spectacle of one apologising?

QUICK CLUES Across

7. Protuberance (5) 8. Continue (7)

9. Ban (7)

10. Worth (5)

12. Artifice (10)

15. Capsized (10)

18. Virago (5)

19. Hammer smooth (7) 21. Mortification (7) 22. Change (5) (5,5)

2. Part of the gun the shopkeeper holds (5)

3. This will include some nutriment and some nutriment will include it! (4)

4. Hold tight when the driver operates it! (6)

5. Trips and falls under the back of the bus (8)

6. Confuse ten with four - that could be a substantial sum (7)

11. They cultivate one who’s already married before other fellows (10) 13. As a standard of perfection it’s varied by a non-practical type (8) 14. Few arts are spoilt by this tool (4,3)

16. Courteous staff will need to take it in (6)

17. Where you’ll find some of the hottest ovens (5)

20. Clothes are not finished in Great Britain (4)

Down

1. Fawning (10) 2. Sphere (5) 3. Beloved (4) 4. Shoot (6) 5. Chat (8) 6. Fervent (7) 11. All over (10) 13. Perverse (8) 14. Retire (7) 16. Rue (6)

17. Dirt (5) 20. Absent (4)