daily double

the hard way

ACROSS

1 Hard worker succeeds on a barrier ( 7) 4 Novel house but starting to let rain in ( 5) 7 Current male desire ( 4) 8 Line brought into use when one rings ( 4,4) 10 Do they stop cars in record time? ( 4,6) 12 Develop part of a revolver ( 6) 13 Type of briefs used in the textile industry ( 6) 15 Final notices ( 10) 18 Be generous with some incriminating information? ( 4,4) 19 Enjoy the same sort of things ( 4) 20 Shoes repaired and disposed of we hear ( 5) 21 Mother takes a long time to get compensation ( 7)

DOWN

the easy way

ACROSS

1 Endure ( 7) 4 Concentrate ( 5) 7 Subside gradually ( 4) 8 A woodwind instrument ( 8) 10 Behaving as expected ( 4, 2,4) 12 Not including ( 6) 13 Snobbish ( 6) 15 Agreeably easy life ( 3,2, 5) 18 To launch ( 8) 19 Self- satisfied ( 4) 20 Brief light ( 5) 21 Dishonesty ( 7)

DOWN

1 Dismayed ( 5) 2 Inform against ( 8) 3 Recently ( 2,4) 4 As a start ( 3,7) 5 A walking stick ( 4) 6 Relieve of doubt ( 7) 9 Scarce and in demand ( 2,1,7) 11 A clear soup ( 8) 12 Resultant ( 7) 14 Hang around ( 6) 16 Saturated ( 5) 17 Grape- bearing plant ( 4) 1 Part of a hospital grant ( 5) 2 So he and I form a strong attachment ( 8) 3 Parent gets cut up by surgeon’s saw ( 6) 4 Perhaps all- in sabre dancing is their sphere ( 10) 5 His influence may make Rose change her name ( 4) 6 Magnetic holders? ( 7) 9 Too proud to take lodgers - honest ( 5, 5) 11 I’d bring a form of decorative tape ( 8) 12 Binds books ( 7) 14 Bear right to enter the beach ( 6) 16 Good players who make bloomers? ( 5) 17 It’s wrong to be stood on it s head ( 4)