CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Was Old King Cole his father? Sounds possible (5,6) 9. One’s pet is unlikely to do this here! (3) 10. Looks like somebody has hidden a bomb among the meat in a Chinese restaurant! (9) 11. Point made in writing (5) 13. Elf collapsed by the money box and was sick (4,3) 14. Where traders gather using German currency (6) 16. Uplift after quiet adulation (6) 18. I, a Latin? Could be (7) 19. Meat that goes to pot in

pleasurable place (5) 20. The very place to demand light on stage (5,4) 21. Outlaw from Copacabana (3) 22. No longer lively as a bird

(4,2,1,4)

DOWN

2. Facial feature - cheek, perhaps? (3) 3. Clown takes a drink (5) 4. Arguments amounting to nothing among learned men (6) 5. Lady half in ruins, broken and isolated (7) 6. Almost cries about a spasm and I find fault (9) 7. Extortionate tailor to 1 Across? (11) 8. Dexterous extremity of a craftsman (7,4) 12. Schoolmistress takes a boy east for something sweet (9) 15. Turned out device designed to incorporate tiger’s head (7) 17. Surreptitiously shoots at birds (6) 19. Destined to be almost as fed up as the well-known calf? (5) 21. Offer forbidden shows (3)