Belfast Telegraph

Crossword 3

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CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Is this dispensed by a coarse magistrate? (5,7)

7 & 12 Ac. Conservati­ve footballer? (5-6)

8. Part of a flight in the fastest aircraft (5)

9. Is able to preserve food (3) 10. Geometrica­l equipment for making walking aids (9)

11. America is after the record for sporting event (6)

12. See 7 Across

15. One to suit the men (9)

17. What star attraction­s do with the bill (3)

18. The management is incomplete without a virile type (2-3) 19. No extra charge for being exhausted (3-2)

21. It’s a matter of reducing liquefacti­on (12)

Down

1 & 7 Dn. Made to serve in a private capacity again (7,2,3,5)

2. In “Macbeth” a grisly character (3)

3. Neither counted nor divulged (6)

4. If one is involved in street disturbanc­e, he will give evidence (9)

5. A flying machine? (5)

6. It needs an expert on physics to deal with this (12)

7. See 1 Down

10. Warned of a breakdown in education (9)

13. Consort harmonious­ly and prosper (3,2)

14. Stock melody (6)

16. In accordance with the score, this may vary from time to time (5)

20. Bound to be unfinished meadowland (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across 1. Postscript (12) 7. Shine (5)

8. Empty (5)

9. Age (3)

10. Gloomy (9)

11. Tie up (6)

12. Frank (6)

15. Intelligib­ility (9) 17. Help (3)

18. Coach (5)

19. Precise (5)

21. Casual (12)

Down 1. Genuinenes­s (12) 2. Regret (3) 3. Basket (6) 4. Promise (9) 5. Fling (5) 6. Partiality (3-9) 7. Titan (5)

10. Headroom (9) 13. Sketch (5)

14. Disquiet (6) 16. Stockpile (5) 20. Deed (3)

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