The Scotsman

DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. On the gunners' trip back up the Italian river (4)

8. Actress had great trouble at the dress circle (5,5)

9. A tart you shouldn't undercook (8)

10. Principal structure (4)

12. Morning examinatio­n is unprincipl­ed (6) 14. A bird can't get mixed up in Oxford University (6) 15. Leading boy has strange urges to find a Belgian city (6)

17. Is sent out and becomes establishe­d (4,2)

18. As well as in hospital, some believe (4)

19. Ron means to become a Viking (8) 21. Revealing that the dunderhead is not serious (10)

22. More than six balls? (4)

Down

2. Real Madrid's unsettled winger (3,7)

3. Make eyes at with love and a broken leg (4)

4. About to leap up and annul (6)

5. Old rogue has to travel around (6)

6. Water, in part, can kill weeds (8)

7. Many get awfully hot on a flier (4)

11. Generous provision of a new chair and another furniture item (10) 13. Reorganise­s rug and ropes mixed together (8) 16. Grains a boy gets on a shoe (6)

17. At one point practise for the race (6)

18. The boy plus a youth leader (4) 20. Therefore the giant returns (4)

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