DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

6. Satisfied with what the vessel holds (7)

7. A director is caricatured, we hear (5)

9. Quick to escape from the first of the torpedoes (5)

10. The craft of tailors (7)

12. Stockman (11)

14. Occult sign for minutemen (11)

18. Slightly steep? (7)

19. Refuse a stew that’s been hashed up (5)

21. See 20 Down 22. Material used for decorating the bird (7)

Down

1. A pattern in rich, decayed earth (5)

2. The first of them in a poor state to give evidence (6) 3. See 20 Down 4. Brightness produces a different result (6)

5. Don Read could be dressed up (7)

8. Bomb-proof shelters are hazards to drivers of course (7)

11. The man surrounded by summonses performs anguished contortions (7)

13. One has to remember to write these (7)

15. Various padres used a file (6)

16. Adopts a different stance, as the legislator does (6)

17. To be niggardly with money in the street (5) 20, 3Dn. & 21Ac. Describing the harvest as a fait accompli? (3,3,5)

QUICK CLUES Across

6. Talkative (7)

7. Avarice (5)

9. Demand (5)

10. Anguish (7)

12. Trustworthiness (11)

14. Cunning (11)

18. Forebode (7)

19. Broken (5)

21. Amusing (5)

22. Cavil (7)

Down

1. Gay (5)

2. Marriageable (6)

3. Crafty (3)

4. Cruel (6)

5. Hide (7)

8. Blend (7)

11. Reveal (7)

13. Timorous (7)

15. Mad (6)

16. Threadbare (6)

17. Misgiving (5)

20. Sever (3)