Sunderland Echo

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

6. Give place to construct a road (4,3) 7. The result of some addition to endless conversati­on (5) 9 & 3Dn. Fail to hold lease before autumn (3,4) 10. Take it in turns to change neat arrangemen­t (9) 12. After a meal he is concerned with someone's health (11) 15. Intruder ruins the car gears (11) 17. Lead spray could make

one incapacita­ted (9) 19. See 2 Down 21. Destined, we hear, to be

received in triumph (5) 22. Criminal gets in at the back

of the house (7)

Down

1. Fed up when there's a mix-up

in the dates (5) 2 & 19Ac. For divers, the main

place to retire to? (6) 3. See 9 Across 4. Golfers, boxers or delivery

operators (9) 5. As men on the board, they

should be impregnabl­e (7) 8. Olympian herald seen among other messengers (6) 11. Scoresheet? (9) 13. Uses a rose for clusters of flowers (6) 14. Stripped in variety act for

intimate entertainm­ent (7) 16. Aimed to transform means of

communicat­ion (5) 18. Reverse the current trend to

do press work (4) 20. Some of the frail limbs requiring medical attention (3)

QUICK CLUES: Across

6. Eradicatio­n (7) 7. Backhander (5) 9. Objective (3) 10. Profitable (9) 12. Blending (11) 15. Acknowledg­ment (11) 17. Abatement (9) 19. Pale (3) 21. Dodge (5) 22. Train (7)

Down

1. Send (5) 2. Gladness (3) 3. Temple (4) 4. Learning (9) 5. Forsake (7) 8. Is unable (6) 11. Narcotic (9) 13. Exile (6) 14. Merit (7) 16. Worth (5) 18. Frank (4) 20. Compete (3)

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