CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Catches sight of Eastern

agents (6)

5 The route that is taken by

pop tour worker (6)

8 Sea journey

intersection (8)

9 Not even slow lion is

unaided (4)

10 Potato with small

dessert (4) 11 Dismiss members with guns (8)

12 Barney breaks out close at hand (6) 13 Lean to see hotel in a shade of blue (6)

15 Boiled sweet made from acrid pod (4,4)

18 Take home catch ahead of time (4)

19 Plantation booked – cheerio! (4)

20 Hear of whip round for

vegetable (8)

21 Russian leader in last

revolution (6)

22 Some food destroyed –

most peculiar (6)

DOWN

2 3 RefuseFrench Person sea dealerwith song special bundle (5,8) with

informationwe hear (7) in the drink,

4 Prison reformer gets

Eastern meal (4‑3)

5 Understood to be a

man (5)

6 Unable to cope away from

land (2,3)

7 From faulty units, a million

lights (13)

13 Drink more rum with

all‑powerful leader (7)

14 Broken rein God paid no

heed to (7)

16 Speak slowly, doctor, law

is changing (5)

17 Steal popular bird (5)