CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

6 Prisoner’s protest (6,6) 8 Ship’s waiter (7) 9 Scorch (5) 10 Chooses (4) 12 Mild (6) 14 Shaving implement (5) 15 Raid or incursion (6) 16 Treating people equally (4) 19 So far (2,3) 21 Sincere (7) 22 Planned beforehand (12)

DOWN

1 Forefather (8) 2 Bravery award (5) 3 Stage whisper (5) 4 Thrive, be successful (7) 5 Flay (4) 6 Of or concerning past events (10) 7 Famous (10) 11 Short-lived interest or craze (3) 12 Sticky substance (3) 13 Parody (8) 14 Style of jazz piano music (7) 17 Requires (5) 18 Kind of soup (5) 20 Three feet in length (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror