DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Resolute due to threats, perhaps (5-7) 7 Not the best man in the stable? (5) 8 A belief in sacred office (5) 9 Boat propeller (3) 10 Could you mend a broken skate with it? (9) 11 Is hard, perhaps, but may be eaten (6) 12 Granting some misplaced ingenuity (6) 15 I’d put in now for a high position in society (9) 17 A politician concerned in current affairs (3) 18 A bonus for an actor (5) 19 Spring edition? (5) 21 They help people grow better (5,7) DOWN 1 Song part here distributed to an office girl (12) 2 Also comes to nothing (3) 3 She and men get involved and become engaged! (6) 4 He gets what’s coming to him (9) 5 Yet quoted as odds (5) 6 Swiss cantons, for example? (7,5) 7 Blush when attacked by a bull (5) 10 Use face strain to attract (9) 13 I am a long time getting the likeness (5) 14 Emotion felt when it appears to give you a break? (6) 16 Come in and start the entertainment (5) 20 The whole world finds it illuminating (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Quibbling (12) 7 Hail (5) 8 Vagrant (5) 9 Before (3) 10 Defender (9) 11 Not certain (6) 12 End (6) 15 Distress (9) 17 Prohibition (3) 18 String (5) 19 Bend (5) 21 Untimely (12)
DOWN
1 Indispensable condition (12) 2 Wrath (3) 3 Choice (6) 4 Assembly (9) 5 Respond to stimulus (5) 6 Fearful (12) 7 Conjecture (5) 10 Keep on striving (9) 13 Tinge deeply (5) 14 Athletics implement (6) 16 Pretend (5) 20 Manage (3)