Irish Independent

Two-in-One Cryptic and Definition

No 4,498

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A passenger in a plane with all seats taken would be! (2,4,6) 7 Tease us on return and you’ll get the cane (5) 8 & 17Ac. Pa set out to take a voyage, maybe (3,2,3) 9 A certain amount of spirit, but the abstainer will take in nothing (3) 10 Devotes one’s attention to presentday clothes (9) 11 What the yacht needs is associated with the painter (6) 12 A toilet requisite is going up (6) 15 All he does to alter the tenure (9) 17 See 8 Across 18 Commerce receives a set-back in manufactur­ed articles (5) 19 It may show cordial relationsh­ip (5) 21 Gave hand signals? (12)

DOWN

1 Unable to communicat­e properly - I let a curtain fall! (12) 2 Make slow progress to keep out the frost (3) 3 Remote advertisem­ents for electrical units (6) 4 Profoundly affected when I’m harassed (9) 5 Doesn’t like being found in that escapade (5) 6 Educated at home? (5-7) 7 The dress material of one who takes the chair is! (5) 10 The degradatio­n of a room below street level (9) 13 A student of English may find this a trial (5) 14 The pattern of the Jewish law? (6) 16 A number of identical ways to cause astonishme­nt (5) 20 Some of the frail ligaments requiring medical treatment (3)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Belie (12) 7 Freshwater fish (5) 8 Joy (5) 9 Girl’s name (3) 10 Mediate (9) 11 Inborn (6) 12 Iterate (6) 15 Disconcert (9) 17 Groove (3) 18 Mediterran­ean island (5) 19 Admirer (5) 21 Accidental (12)

DOWN

1 Splendour (12) 2 Sheep (3) 3 Distant (6) 4 Temperance (9) 5 Din (5) 6 Showy (12) 7 Intellect (5) 10 Meddle (9) 13 Mistake (5) 14 Hammer (6) 16 Rear (5) 20 Container (3)

 ??  ?? For today’s solutions text CRYPTIC or SIMPLE followed by the clue to 53307 (eg SIMPLE 1 down to 53307)
For today’s solutions text CRYPTIC or SIMPLE followed by the clue to 53307 (eg SIMPLE 1 down to 53307)

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