CRYPTIC CLUES

Quick Clues

ACROSS

1. Bucket (4)

8. Loathing (10)

9. Stormy (8)

10. Evict (4)

12. Defective (6)

14. Blush (6)

15. Renowned (6)

17. Unmarried (6)

18. Bill of fare (4)

19. Faith (8)

21. Squalor (10)

22. Conceal (4)

DOWN

2. Combine (10)

3. Girl (4)

4. Impudent (6)

5. Entreaty (6)

6. Indebted (8)

7. Joke (4)

11. Fascinated (10)

13. Admire (4,2,2)

16. Breed (6)

17. Vendor (6)

18. Bungle (4)

20. Wound (4)

Friday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 7 React; 8 Animate; 9 Drummer; 10 Inter; 12 Practising; 15 Benevolent; 18 Equal; 19 Verdant; 21 Torrent; 22 Gusto.

DOWN: 1 Creditable; 2 Value; 3 Stem; 4 Fabric; 5 Division; 6 Captain; 11 Regulation; 13 Revolver; 14 Enquire; 16 Levity; 17 False; 20 Rage.

ACROSS

1. When the screen is put back, it allows access (4) Cutting performances in the theatre (10)

& 3Dn In confidence, this is beneath the rambler (5,3,4) Lump of earth found in magnetic lodestone (4)

12. & 11Dn Resolve the issue without judgement (6,3,2,5) Strive to change the look of metal fasteners (6)

15. Visitor who uses the telephone (6)

17. If rest is disturbed, it leads to conflict (6)

18. See 22 Across

19. A striker will eventually empty this (8)

21. For outdated transport I sent a tram! (5,5)

22. & 18Ac No diary could be free from

Friday’s Solutions ACROSS: 7 Arena; 8 Inroads; 9 Kindred; 10 Aired; 12 Speedboats; 15 Family ties; 18 Erase; 19 Upshots; 21 Collect; 22 Arise.

DOWN: 1 Parking fee; 2 Leant; 3 Fair; 4 Riddle; 5 Preamble; 6

Pilfered; 14 Amiable; 16 Trusts; 17 Sonic; 20 Shaw.

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engagements (8)

DOWN

2. Sees one map as a method of entry (4,6)

3. See 9 Across

4. Boil these mixed up with the end of the wine (6)

One’s professional life produces anxiety and a bit of hesitation (6)

Come across a record on the next page (8) Some of the omnibus editions will be secondhand (4)

See 12 Across

Scott novel is a charming thing (8) Distant meteor destroyed (6)

A part’s revised for the foreign governor (6) Many round the south unable to find the way (4)

One holds it as the result of a deal (4) 5.

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20. airway; 11 Distressed; 13