CROSSWORD
Straight Clues ACROSS
2 Severe 7 Contest of
speed 8 Touch 9 Make better 10 Willowy 11 Make untidy
(4,2) 13 Widespread 16 Few and far
ACROSS DOWN
between 18 An image 19 Handle a
bicycle 20 Hint 21 Likelihood 22 Conundrum
DOWN
1 Divides into three parts 2 Separation
Cryptic Clues
2 No nonsense in districts 7 Ethnic group competition 8 Connect with a conjunction 9 Cure the alcoholic 10 Miss Limberg is shapely 11 Jumble a confusion arising
from a mistake (4,2) 13 A house of ill-fame is found
every day 16 Box lightly outside when
not dense 18 The first person to trick an
admired stereotype 19 Four idealists
manage a horse 20 An inkling as to what this is 21 Do return Don’s chances 22 The puzzle is a
mystery 1 Cuts into three strict points 2 Disunion of a formal church division 3 To bucket down is quite embarrassing 4 Sick of being affected when 3 Pour 4 Rude (3,8) 5 A tuft of loose
threads 6 Religious teacher 12 A superfluous
phrase 14 Assassination 15 Give one’s consent 17 Ballot 18 Graven image impolite (3,8) 5 Steals a tuft of loose threads 6 One who teaches a
mahatma 12 Circumlocution of verbal
padding 14 Homicide by red rum 15 Become a party to yield 17 The casting of votes from
the Post Office, last of all 18 A superstar sounds
unoccupied