Two-In-One

No 4,245

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Not a dry subject but dictators shy from it (12) 7 It’s consumed in tea tents (5) 8 Form heaps perhaps (5) 9 Politician holding a chart (3) 10 Eternal pursuit of the happy ending (4,5) 11 Timely tool (6) 12 Not French apparently, but it could be! (6) 15 Doesn’t forget about people in society (9) 17 Fast runner down mountains (3) 18 More secure from strange fears (5) 19 Being of relative importance (5) 21 Train-bearers! (7,5)

DOWN

1 Possibly she dreams it’s an important job (12) 2 It’s frequently curtailed (3) 3 A four-foot cycle (6) 4 They will! (9) 5 Trade vessel (5) 6 Beaming, they’re a help to travellers in the main (12) 7 Having no occupation (5) 10 Possibly ample here, but it doesn’t last long (9) 13 Offspring produced periodically (5) 14 Unable to produce a group of stars (6) 16 Italian society who break the rules (5)

20Pass, little colonel! (3)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Race beginning (8,4) 7 Clip (5)

8 Rule (5) 9 Excessively (3) 10 Multiply (9) 11 Commencement (6) 12 Clear (6) 15 Uplifting (9) 17 Curve (3) 18 Sphere (5) 19 Harbour (5) 21 Declaration of dissent (12)

DOWN

1 Faults (12) 2 Part of the foot (3) 3 Circumscribed (6) 4 Sharing (9) 5 Spiral bandage (5) 6 Ban (12)

7 Brief (5) 10 Chairman (9) 13 Simple (5) 14 Rectifies (6) 16 Animal track (5)

20By way of (3)