Crossword:

CRYPTIC CLUES 14777

ACROSS

1 Exerts compelling influence upon

radical amnesties – gee!

6 A type of contract for later times

9 A formal offer is not hard

1 0 The sound of a crook note

1 2 Touches down on lower Holland

1 4 Turn cricket clubs into betting shops

1 7 Keel over and trot out the heating

container

1 9 Hears about a clipper

20 Whinge loudly to try and get

something done (4,6)

DOWN

1 Tyrants set out after the French saint

2 Build up a profit

3 An outing to an old city

4 Indecent writing must turn up

5 Spotted a landscape they say

6 Footie tips against returning with

the shakes

7 Soft sheepskin leather from a horse

8 Mollusc’s homes from oceans’

underworlds

11 More conniving about lyres

1 3 A can of beer in London’s

underground railway

1 5 Cough by a man in the morning

1 6 Foresaw New York tips caved in

1 7 Fond of biting

1 8 Makes use of listening devices

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

1 Makes attractive

6 ... exchange

9 Delicate

1 0 Vocal sound

1 2 Dutch

1 4 Labels

1 7 For boiling water

1 9 Sheep worker

20 Complain a lot (4,6)

DOWN

1 Disciplinarians

2 Achieve

3 Journey

4 Obscenity

5 Observed

6 Ague

7 Horse

8 Found on the

beach

11 More cunning

1 3 Hollow cylindrical

body

1 5 Throat-clearing

sound

1 6 Went down

1 7 Zealous

1 8 Beats