THE TAKE-A-BREAK CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 7. The French returning to an individual in isolation (5) 8. The layman disturbed about nothing that shows irregularity (7) 9. Ends an interim arrangement (7) 10 & 15Ac. Tipsy performer who’s stranded when moving in mid-air? (5-4,6) 12. Bird not much more than a pound? (6-4) 15. See 10 Across 18. One alluring enough to upset twenty-two (5) 19. Dog carriage (7) 21. Volume to give satisfaction (7) 22. Wash in the water in seconds! (5) DOWN 1. Fortifications for factory underground (10) 2. They’re divided up into minute parts (5) 3. Endless danger characterised in a fairy story (4) 4. The girl and airman in distress (6) 5. It takes place when competing groups have a row (4-4) 6. Hurried to make progress in Burma (7) 11. I settle up about the end of the year for the magnolias (5-5) 13. Will not appear in nude turn – that’s not usual (8) 14. Far from generous, but showing mercy (7) 16. They are activated by current clues (6) 17. Tree found in quiet country road (5) 20. Natural minerals, we hear, used for blades (4)