Portsmouth News

DOUBLE CROSSWORD CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

6. Allowed indeed to be taken out (7)

7. Getting up is part of his work (5)

9. Writer wants receptacle for rubbish back (3)

10. Getting stuck with basic education? (9)

12. Reporters in hospital continue making advances (5,6)

15. Fixed part of proposal to initiate movement (3,2,6)

17. Fix this or get really hammered (3,3,3)

19 & 20Dn. Everybody must leave, using every available resource (3-3)

21. Pecuniary gain can be cruel (5)

22. About 100 with defects in University teaching department (7)

Down

1. Send up timing device (5)

2. A number returned to make a catch (3)

3. Listen, there's a rhea about! (4)

4. Fight to get a look-in where there are bloomers? (6,3)

5. Find number of ready extremes in the land (7)

8. Offended at being evicted (3,3)

11. Near a rift about cost of transport (5,4)

13. Dark robes set out round masthead (6)

14. What's left of unusual rise owing (7)

16. A plot to put the philosophe­r out (5)

18. Terrible Russian one on vehicle (4)

20. See 19 Across

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QUICK CLUES: Across

6. Messenger (7)

7. Slice (5)

9. Attempt (3)

10. Worship (9)

12. Compensati­on (11)

15. Understaff­ed (5-6)

17. Society (9)

19. Passage (3)

21. Demon (5)

22. Unresistin­g (7)

Down

1. Anxiety (5)

2. Arid (3)

3. Repair (4)

4. Schemer (9)

5. Damaged (7)

8. Enact (6)

11. Harm (9)

13. Near (2,4)

14. Habitual (7)

16. Bisect (5)

18. Rip (4)

20. Request (3)

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