Daily crossword

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Submission (12) 7 Bit (5)

8 Clear (5)

9 Look at (3) 10 Unremembered (9)

11 Make certain (6) 12 Blight (6)

15 Privacy (9)

17 Melody (3) 18 Musical drama (5) 19 Dye (5) 21 Impervious (12)

Down

1 Fear (12)

2 Fury (3) 3 Clippers (6) 4 Bang (9)

5 Map (5) 6 Irrefutable (12) 7 Squeeze (5) 10 Lucky (9) 13 Cover (5) 14 Heavenly (6) 16 Best part (5) 20 Ban (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 The third month's show of disgruntlement perhaps (7,5)

7 It's a beast to turn (5) 8 Shed to become lighter (5)

9 Presumably the pilot would rather have cream without it (3)

10 Is she relatively shy? (9) 11 A severe trial or a bargain (6)

12 Bird takes article from planet-dweller (6)

15 Pursue to the end and succeed on leaving (6,3) 17 Some selfish little thing (3)

18 Mediterranean island in Africa privately owned

(5)

19 Make a general concession? (5) 21 It certainly helps when the wicked get nothing (3,2,3,4)

Down

1 No place for a private secretary! (6,6)

2 The girl of the night before (3)

3 The autocrat in the party ran things his way (6) 4 The helper is an idiot to sit awkwardly by a worker (9)

5 The ailment presumbably calling for heat treatment (5) 6 Suitable place for those game for open-air drama? (7-5)

7 Horse finds 7 across has a different tail (5)

10 He finds resemblances from nostalgia (9)

13 What the doctor will do worth looking forward to! (5)

14 Looked for sound type (6)

16 Part of the jacket measures 50-20-50 (5) 20 Copy father getting up early initially (3)