Cryptic Crosswor3

ACROSS

7 Tough game in which you hold hands! (3-9) 8 He leaves islands to married women (6) 9 Poorly dressed widow dying to hide it (5) 10 Begs to rent out food (8) 13 Small car for oneself (4)

Both sets of clues fit both grids 15 Prisoner’s room to exchange for money, we hear (4) 16 Typical specimens making Max sleep (8) 17 Put label on American flower (5) 19 Tube so unusually thick (6) 21 Film version of London dog pen (2,6,4)

DOWN

1 Cleaner comes round with first woman for novelist (8)

2 In the thick of an exam, I despair somewhat (4) 3 Serbia, NB, turns to other city (8) 4 You, me and editor are exploited (4) 5 Tool left with little current after setback (8) 6 Resent diplomat without love (4) 11 One girl I converted to the faith (8) 12 Carried in the main (8) 14 See tide’s turning in an area of NE England (8) 17 A picking-up point? (4) 18 Carbonated soft drink in espresso daiquiri (4) 20 Implement removing top from seat (4)