CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 In here, there’s not just a little drop (5)

Soft American parent (5) Londoner whose rabbit ate half a duck? (7)

Quick reversing trams (5) Comes close to having pointed ears (5)

Green jumpers (5) When couples do so, it’s business as usual (7) Highball! (3)

Stray in endless moral capriciousness (4)

Tiny tot swallowing a bit of a snub (6) Something bad about terriers being the wrong colour! (5)

20 One closing an incision in the side? (6) Storage place for various oils (4)

Overheated house at central Tooting (3)

Proud to have been robbed at gunpoint? (5,2) Crazy about ceramics? (5) A growing boy, possibly in the kitchen (5) Smooth stuff to intoxicate a saint! (5)

Standard bargain in the vegetable line (7) Could it chop up a worm around the end of June? (5) Sound of a wonky hinge? (5)

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Really great grass! (6)

A very funny cry? (6) Thus, at the West End, there’s a boozer (3) Garment right for a runner? (5) 6 7

8 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 21 Not a flighty bird (7) They all agree it’s easy to change (4)

To dad, it’s never-ending nonsense you mindlessly repeat (6)

The part of Henry, in films (5)

Tragic end to a foolishly hasty accident (5)

A woman could ride in one (5)

Moon probe that took a turn in forging a link (5) Form of jazz that obviously had to be a hit (5) Walter giving a hand to a Yankee (5)

Carlos may be out of breath, but he’s learning (7) Where, in the West Indies, to