Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Integral parts of inner workings

6 Prattle about second class rabble

9 Flare up loudly in a game of chance

1 0 On the edge of pretentious airs

informally

1 2 Deep sea personnel misplace bursaries

no more, initially

1 4 Brewery’s partly decorative vessel

1 7 Finish without a heavyweight fibrous

connecting tissue

1 9 Diversions of overseas trips

20 Something to divert attention from

a smoked fish (3,7)

DOWN

1 The entertainer shied away when

clung to

2 Petulant displeasure from a petty quarrel

3 Line up a blue

4 Catches sodium out of bounds

5 Single out electronic data on a grain of

wheat perhaps

6 Dreary second grade drip

7 The big top kept ahead of a pennyfarthing?

8 Drawing conclusions from lateral thinking

11 Chews into light meals

1 3 A social insect that starts with a plant

1 5 Swearing a little to clothe oneself

1 6 Large crucifix measurement

1 7 Forest dweller in control with ease

1 8 Early dismissal for 51. Capital!

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS 1 Segments

6 Chatter on

9 Lottery

1 0 Team

1 2 Underwater sailors

1 4 Pitcher

1 7 Sinew

1 9 Bypasses

20 A false clue (3,7)

DOWN

1 Held dear

2 Offend

3 Long river

4 Captures

5 Pip

6 Desolate

7 Cycle

8 Thinking

logically

11 Eats into

1 3 Biennial plant

1 5 Deteriorate

1 6 Imperial land

measure

1 7 Woody plant

1 8 Timor-Leste

capital