DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Especially detail duly half added (12)

7. Flesh spinster put on? (5)

8. Pagan village blacksmith’s shop will contain one (5)

9. I take the same direction twice - to the pub (3)

10. Weak invertebrate (9)

11. Lethal means of transport by the sound of it! (6)

12. Does it make things easier for the mapmaker? (6)

15. He, lacking guile, is callous (9)

17. Father has learner as friend (3)

18. Exchange one ounce of gas (5)

19. Tasty liquid - but it is lacking in gravity (5)

21. Lack of an aristocracy gives unrivalled supremacy (12)

Down

1. Paradoxically it caters for private pupils (6,6) 2. That is about 100 find it cold and slippery (3) 3. Inequitable ruin of fun by tune (6)

4. Consciousness that hostilities have a strange sense (9)

5. Girl gets into the French reception (5)

6. How the sun fills Bess with rapture (12)

7. Some papers in certain areas appeared from that time (5)

10. He naturally has a way of looking at things (9)

13. Hint how the little devil would do it? (5)

14. Compact, but three miles in length (6)

16. Love to make a fuss about ... (5)

20. ... idiot of a ship (3)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Suspicious (12)

7. Defraud (5)

8. Antic (5)

9. Couple (3)

10. Gourmet (9)

11. Furrow (6)

12. Dire (6)

15. Smartened (9)

17. Race (3)

18. Cellar (5)

19. Rapidly (5)

21. Alienation (12)

Down

1. By amount (12)

2. Bind (3)

3. Acquire (6)

4. Dressed (9)

5. Slip (5)

6. Surpassing (12)

7. Stifle (5)

10. Digger (9)

13. Defile (5)

14. Reach (6)

16. Excursions (5)

20. Chopper (3)