DOUBLECROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Discovers what the moth does (5,2,5) 7 Clever point on the market (5) 8 Coins found in the open, certainly (5) 9 There’s anger in their expressions (3) 10 It should supply a good meal (5,4) 11 Rodney might be over there (6) 12 Not an expert male vocalist? (6) 15 Appears in a group, perhaps, but behaves independently (4,1,4) 17 Game we close our eyes to? (3) 18 It’s about time (5) 19 Hollow sounds across the harbour (5) 21 Current fault that appeals to tired racing drivers? (5,7)
DOWN
1 It’s played for someone’s benefit (7,5) 2 Main part of the earth (3) 3 Choice form of potion (6) 4 It’s vital to bring in a worker (9) 5 Language from North India, aptly enough (5) 6 Inducement for someone to buy a shop, for example (7,5) 7 Strict revision of rents (5) 10 Currently at liberty? (4,2,3) 13 Members in good order (5) 14 It describes a foot in metres (6) 16 The light on the hill is a church (5) 20 A crab shouldn’t be caught by one (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Prove (12) 7 Seraglio (5) 8 Inexpensive (5) 9 Total (3) 10 Guide (9) 11 Zeal (6) 12 End (6) 15 Docile (9) 17 Merriment (3) 18 Attain (5) 19 Drone (5) 21 Lustre (12)
DOWN
1 Pleasing (12) 2 Hill (3) 3 Calling (6) 4 Embracing (9) 5 Use (5) 6 Fearful (12) 7 Moist (5) 10 Wooing (9) 13 Deduce (5) 14 Compel (6) 16 Diminish (5) 20 Boy (3)