Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 14739

1 One who gives one’s word for the skinflint

7 IIII

8 Swear to maintain

1 0 Be a top notch edible plant

11 Dots the i’s for morons

13 For a change mate, thank UN for Howard

Carter’s mummy

16 One who practises live parts of nonsense

18 Said of gold and aluminium

20 A partnership from federation

21 Laze about for ardour

22 How teams sort of make up fair

entertainment

DOWN

2 If in regard to being exuberant

3 The most important Spanish sea?

4 Non professional rigs despatched

5 Aint about to become an eyepiece

6 Banter jungle environs by the way

8 A cricket club started lately, tapered off

9 Lively forefathers get an early start

12 Fall from grace with a broken leg when

unattached

14 Smithy stands against bent nails

15 Running out after mum – she’s a lady

17 Some free kicks smell

18 The horserace bears acorns

19 They say it should be self-propelled

shortly

STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

1 Guarantor

7 Organs of sight

8 Ratify

1 0 Soya ....

11 Fools

13 Egyptian king

16 Balderdash

18 Spoken

20 Football code

21 Eagerness

22 Minor carnival event

DOWN

2 Prolific

3 Foremost

4 Partly trained

5 Part of the

eyeball

6 Joke

8 Lessened

9 Rapid

12 Unmarried

14 Percussion

instruments

15 Woman’s name

17 Stink

18 Large trees

19 Motor car (abb)

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