DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

6. Weep at last, smashing the glass (7)

7. Mother returns to an island in the Middle East (5)

9. Employ American and Middle Easterner (3) 10. Even a small change of cleanser can be offputting (9)

12. Choir post I'd taken up

with the foot man (11)

15. Minder in ego crisis

becomes imperious (11)

17. He has to tangle men up

(9) 19. Part of a play about an

animal (3)

21. Take it easy! The right axle

is broken (5)

22. Courageously, by getting the

composer in (7)

Down

1. Informer on the ground? (5)

2. Creature found in the Caspian Sea (3)

3. Concern about 18 (4)

4. Unwise to be cheeky about Rex (9)

5. Sincere chap seen about midday (7)

8. Moderate mood (6)

11. Awfully rich holy man gets Sam up at this time (9)

13. Joint-midshipman (6)

14. Craved for a fellow man (7)

16. Climb with laces undone (5)

18. Race over the area (4)

20. The first scrumper? (3)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

6. Royally (7)

7. Demean (5)

9. Curve (3)

10. Consequent (9)

12. Belongings (11)

15. Despondent (11)

17. Warlike (9)

19. Pledge (3)

21. Conjecture (5)

22. Title (7)

Down

1. Rhythm (5)

2. Pale (3)

3. Obscene (4)

4. Engineered (9)

5. Inclination (7)

8. Treasurer (6)

11. Innumerable (9)

13. Oration (6)

14. Melancholy (7)

16. Ascend (5)

18. Pace (4)

20. Append (3)