Crossword 3
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)