Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

2 A front from an old time cafe reconstruction

5 My mate is an expert on the royal house

7 In plain words that is to say

8 Drift out of control at the finish

11 Life element from second class satellite

12 Green vegetables may be from a pair of opposing directions

14 An inseparable pair rallied around for a card game

16 Softens professional mourners

17 Become entangled a little amateurishly

18 An early fellow has a head start to the banquet

20 The RAF set out to bombard heavily

21 Innate human impelling force found in glib idolatry

22 An appearance of the commercial to air

DOWN

1 Constant anxiety of a cross to bear

2 Make provision for a short brief ending

3 Drive the company representative to an early election

4 Mapped out north east tail segments indeed

6 Archaic old hat

9 Tour around in a headlong flight

10 Shows agreement with a number of close friends

12 A velocipede for a penny farthing

13 Relief at loggerheads with final exams

15 Rate each disposition to charge with carbon dioxide

18 A sort of pen perceived by touch

19 A French member of the clergy in a bed and breakfast in Adelaide outskirts

STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

2 A building face

5 Stately mansion

7 To wit

8 General tendency

11 It means “living”

12 Edible seeds

14 A square dance

16 Silences

17 Floor cover

18 A rich meal

20 Blitz

21 Life force

22 Coming into place

DOWN

1 Scourge

2 Ward off

3 Enforce

4 Traced in outline

6 Obsolescent

9 Defeat utterly

10 Inclines the head

12 Bicycle

13 Charity

15 Treat with a gas

18 Matted fabric

19 Ecclesiastical title