Sunderland Echo

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

7. Celia changes her name (5) 8. Avoiding contact at an

informal gathering (7) 9. Alcohol from Athlone? (7) 10. Give a word for 'owned-up' (5) 12. Diana's own take-away? (10) 15. Insincere tribute and terrible spiel on right to have a bad habit (3,7) 18. Operating on a scar

reveals bones (5) 19. Tending to disrupt runs

with gin mixture (7) 21. Fast food for the citizens,

say (7) 22. Relationsh­ip to air

travellers (5)

Down

1. Fats Waller wrote about these (10) 2. May have strength (5) 3. Intend to change a name (4) 4. Work on the wall leads to strike (6) 5. Type of medicine using conifers, perhaps (8) 6. Related to the generous Communist (7) 11. Was nothing written about this state? (10) 13. Repeats the outcome of treaties (8) 14. Terrible respect for a ghost (7) 16. Disappear like a vehicle? (6) 17. I step over the slope (5) 20. Gunners and engineers are not common (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

7. Youngster (5) 8. Lit (7) 9. Windpipe (7) 10. Considered (5) 12. Treacherou­s (10) 15. Mandatory (10) 18. Neighbouri­ng (5) 19. Sully (7) 21. Perspire (7) 22. Drawing-room (5)

Down

1. Over-excited (10) 2. Wall painting (5) 3. Eastern ruler (4) 4. Rice dish (6) 5. Trespasser (8) 6. Post (7) 11. Disillusio­n (10) 13. Evenness (8) 14. Slapped (7) 16. Lampoon (6) 17. Inane (5) 20. Foolhardy (4)

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