THE TAKE-A-BREAK CROSSWORD

Across 6. Striking as being incompetent? (7) 7. I had one to return to the fool (5) 9. Fruit that gives a male drive (5) 10. Medical treatment demanded as a right (7) 12. Data arranged to specific pattern (11) 14. Concentrated series of lessons before breaking up? (5,6) 18. Trumpet salute heralding food for supporters? (7) 19. Frighten off races (5) 21. He resists authority in a more belligerent way (5) 22. Nudge or succumb (2,5) Down 1. Right out of the country? It’s impossible (2,3) 2. Arming the border (6) 3. Wideawake insect (3) 4. A doctor with one foot not under control (6) 5. Ring me during the display whatever way you can (7) 8. Quite a shout from 150 on love affair (7) 11. Anxiety about business? (7) 13. Snappy wave? (7) 15. Mollify skinhead frequently (6) 16. Support for a very short time? (6) 17. Was prosecuted for having a go? (5) 20. Teacher rises to show agreement (3)

QUICK CLUES YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across 6. Advantage (7) 7. Comely (5) 9. Cape (5) 10. Coherence (7) 12. Gloomy (11) 14. Scenic (11) 18. Undress (7) 19. Vault (5) 21. Stance (5) 22. Exalted (7)

Down 1. Response (5) 2. Feast (6) 3. Attach (3) 4. Strain (6) 5. Vanity (7) 8. Quick look (7) 11. Attribute (7) 13. Communication (7) 15. Beat (6) 16. Disorderly (6) 17. Foam (5) 20. Embrace (3) QUICK Across: 1 Elementary 7 Put up 8 Lockjaw 10 Loyalist 11 Till 13 Garret 15 Cohere 17 Test 18 Specimen 21 Climate 22 Aries 23 Betterment

Down: 1 Entry 2 Expelled 3 Enlist 4 Tuck 5 Rejoice 6 Apologetic 9 Wilderness 12 Conclave 14 Respite 16 Appear 19 Moist 20 Part CRYPTIC Across: 1 Comes round 7 Admit 8 Interns 10 Arc-light 11 Halo 13 Hookah 15 Streak 17 Tows 18 Feel blue 21 Settled 22 Ingle 23 Photogenic

Down: 1 Comic 2 Metrical 3 Slight 4 Oath 5 Narrate 6 Parachutes 9 Shopkeeper 12 Stallion 14 On watch 16 Seadog 19 Logic 20 Blot