DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. Thought highly of trade arrangement (5) 8. So frightfully big, no terms could be used for it (7)

9. Claimed to become a system with some point (7)

10. It’s morally justifiable to make a record, we hear (5)

12. See 19 Across

15. By which the actor’s career progresses comfortably? (4,6)

18. Spanish chap, or possibly Norse (5) 19 & 12Ac. Is it given when a relay-race is in progress? (7,10)

21. Thinks there’s little hesitation filling in the pools (7)

22. One involved in a scheme that’s unattractive (5)

Down

1 & 5Dn. It provides an opening for business operators (10,8)

2 & 11Dn. Resolute exhortation to those being tempted to disarm? (5,2,4,4)

3. Dairy food processed the other way (4)

4. Partly resemble military badge (6)

5. See 1 Down

6. Staying unsettled and hellishly gloomy (7)

11. See 2 Down

13. The Spectator is a weekly publication (8)

14. As stupid as the first person having one over the eight (7)

16. These clues are not written down (6)

17. European currency I deposited in the rising rand (5)

20. Turn up for drinks (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

7. Shell (5)

8. Digress (7)

9. Drinkable (7)

10. Coronet (5)

12. Plants (10)

15. Transient (5-5)

18. Exclude (5)

19. Wrinkle (7)

21. Worldly (7)

22. Compare (5)

Down

1. Squashed (10)

2. Metalworker (5)

3. Cradle (4)

4. Stick (6)

5. Make empty (8)

6. Terse (7)

11. Indifferent (10)

13. Outer (8)

14. Mix (7)

16. Emitted (6)

17. Call up (5)

20. Depend (4)