Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES 14750

ACROSS

1 The commercial in the front of some

churches goes ahead

7 On the quiet, you are squeaky-clean

8 Say no and cast it aside

1 0 Hesitation by middle east dates

11 Space travellers have a liberal outside

influence on opposing directions

1 3 Sort of stay in good health for the present

athletic event (7,4)

1 6 Leans on five belly buttons

1 8 Treat as a celebrity at the charitable

function

20 Short femur derivations lead to homicide

2 1 Sound whitish-coloured liquid container

22 To be venerable is fairly close in

a solemn way

DOWN

2 The moose is highly priced they say

3 As without the overseas drinks

4 Disastrous and earth-shaking mystical

account components

5 Sing about happy endings when keeping

under surveillance

6 Laugh at first grade batting

8 Understanding about a male offspring

9 The Judge Advocate from Virginia is

south of Borneo

1 2 A big dog – one in the printing trade perhaps

1 4 They rotate on axles for starters – where

else silly!

1 5 I see early education covered the cake

1 7 A street not there

1 8 Briefly the chef re-emphasises it’s buckshee

1 9 Make out stellar inputs

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS 1 Progresses

7 Flawless

8 Turn down

1 0 Ages

11 Newcomers

1 3 Annual footrace (7,4)

1 6 Types of oranges

1 8 Festival

20 Unlawful killing

2 1 Bucket

22 Divinely

DOWN

2 Antlered

ruminants

3 Beers

4 Overwhelming

5 Secretly

watching

6 Smile

8 Rationale

9 Indonesian

island

1 2 Hunting dog

1 4 Circles

1 5 Chilled

1 7 Elsewhere

1 8 Without charge

1 9 Make known