DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across 1. Head of the staff, we hear, having the most votes (3,2,3,4) 7. Put a hole in the plank, by the sound of it (5) 8. You'll find me returning to the study of town in Lower Saxony (5) 9. See 2 Down 10. Exaggerate the position of a U.S. governor (9) 11. Presumably it's not even a curio! (6) 12. See 3 Down 15. Doing away with fighting (9) 17. Have penitential thoughts about a bit of cruelty (3) 18. A wild cat - one of several

in the pound (5) 19. Make an attempt at

composition (5) 21. Exercise that may well be

boring in Stockholm! (7,5)

Down

1. What the sniper or the snooker-player will do (4,1,3,4) 2 & 9 Ac. Kind of cap for

change of gear (6) 3. & 12 Ac. Gift yet to be

revealed (6,6) 4. Not a band of journalists who practised abduction! (5,4) 5. Daily upset for the girl (5) 6. Suffering tyranny, like one at the bottom of the rugby scrum! (5,3,4) 7. Kind of stock raised round the East (5) 10. Adopt sure reform - it's

extended far and wide (9) 13 & 14 Dn. They're among the

first to stop lying (5,6) 14. See 13 Down 16. We're upset about the end of demolition - do some restoring (5) 20. Suffering absolute

depression, initially (3)

QUICK CLUES:

Across 1. Cattle breeding (5,7) 7. Correct (5) 8. Muslim God (5) 9. Help (3) 10. Alien (9) 11. Slogan (3,3) 12. If not (6) 15. Recovered (9) 17. Label (3) 18. Did wrong (5) 19. Beneath (5) 21. Malinger (5,3,4) Down 1. Welfare officer (6,6) 2. Cask (3) 3. Dress (6) 4. Placed (9) 5. Artificial silk (5) 6. Myopic (5-7) 7. Horseman (5) 10. Banned (9) 13. Come in (5) 14. Begone (6) 16. Hurl (5) 20. Proper (3)