CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
6 A poor fiddler
outside the door (7)
7 Crouch down - it's an illegal occupation (5)
9 A number of them give you the time of your life! (5)
10 Leaves high and dry
on the beaches (7)
12 Washing may
depend on it (7,4)
14 Superintending, but missing something? (11)
18 Piece of bread the French break into bits (7)
19 Get even? (5)
21 It's irritating getting only a little credit in support (5)
22 He's not a particular
person (7)
Down
1 Tighten up on one's
salary? (5)
2 A gunsmith adds it to
his stock (6)
3 Its line is
straightforward (3)
4 It will come as a
sudden blow (6)
5 It ends a flight in two
ways (7)
8 Bacon's lines (7)
11 Makes slow progress
by street-car (7)
13 It makes a man keen on money, and a woman on food (7)
15 Stay to put mother in
control (6)
16 It's a necessity to
want to exist (4,2)
17 A description of one
found wanting (5)
20 The last thing one
aims for (3)