Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

7 Cubs with a new aid in breathing 8 Conjunction on following place of higher learning

9 A pub where sinners hide

1 0 It turns dandy when shipshape 11 My strange niece conceals such spirit 1 3 The right piano players produce an exceptional gold medallist (3,6) 1 7 Direct the path of a bovine used for beef 1 9 Have some ale with your food 20 Noise in the line

22 Heats it then gets away with unnecessary speed

23 Some of the main dialects of a federal republic in southern Asia

DOWN

1 One is to toy with a suffix that’s full of it 2 Stun dragons in a flat treeless frozen zone 3 Said to be some food consumed by the Kaiser

4 Gone off after dull and gloomy small prison cell

5 Autograph a placard

6 The smaller picture found in train sets 12 Made an effort, got moving, and changed position

14 Pretended to be used in the post office 15 An Aussie actor full of aches

16 Search after a harvest to start getting to tilt

18 It is not difficult to be tolerant and undemanding

2 1 Prevail over leaders with insider’s news

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

7 Breathing device Industrial group Tavern Neat Mythical spirit Outstanding Australian swimmer (3,6) Direct Amount of food A noise Speed Where New Delhi lies

DOWN

1 Suffix meaning full of

2 Vast arctic plain 3 Food (coll)

4 A cell 5 Indication 6 Something inserted 12 Agitated 14 Not genuine 15 Australian actor and producer 16 Search for food 18 No trouble 2 1 Be victorious