DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

6. He tries rarebit (7) 7. Couples from Paris (5) 9. Appears to understand handwriting (5) 10. He's nice for a foreigner!

(7) 12. News being made? (11) 14. It won't keep you fully occupied (4-4,3) 18. One needs a couple of rings to get this number (7) 19. Bad organisation (5) 21. Nerve broken? Not at all!

(5) 22. His initial confusion was

amusing (7)

Down

1. An award for tidiness (5) 2. Remain in trouble - these fly (6) 3. A high-pitched cry from

somewhere (3) 4. Edible wood? (6) 5. Continue with the ironing (5,2) 8. My niche, possibly a cleft in a cliff (7) 11. Tree yielding a fir cone (7) 13. A tussle for military honours (7) 15. I tried a more orderly

arrangement (6) 16. A speaker who is skilled at

splitting alternatives (6) 17. Worker who's underemployed? (5) 20. A small point, but

appropriate (3)

QUICK CLUES: Across

6. Anticipate (7) 7. Buffalo (5) 9. Haughty (5) 10. Liberty (7) 12. Penury (11) 14. Ally (11) 18. Droll (7) 19. Lukewarm (5) 21. Beneath (5) 22. Touch (7)

Down

1. Truck (5) 2. Deny (6) 3. Plague (3) 4. Straight (6) 5. Wise man (7) 8. Large cavities (7) 11. Scholar (7) 13. Latent (7) 15. Bind (6) 16. Pact (6) 17. Nip (5) 20. Glee (3)