THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 They contain new form of slang (7) 4 Church painting is put on the map (5) 7 Check a king; a German one (4) 8 Extinct animal is around in changed form (8) 10 Pipe bursts each summer (10) 12 Tasty item on the bird table (6) 13 Doesn’t differ in meagre essentials (6) 15 She may be recalled in a children’s story (10) 18 Claim support (8) 19 It was a habit in Ancient Rome (4) 20 Long in laughter, he is (5) 21 Prominent foreigner encountered in the street (7)
DOWN
1 Debate of rising spirit (5) 2 It’s eaten as an aperitif (8) 3 Small - and that’s how it’s meant to make one feel (6) 4 She must step in line to succeed on stage (6,4) 5 A method that’s out of place (4) 6 Sailor obtains marks for shooting (7) 9 It’s rapid as a variety of house plant (10) 11 Praise for water supply now completed (4,4) 12 Ruth and I are upset about politician making a success (7) 14 Some poured diesel on troubled waters (6) 16 Stop at sea (5) 17 Plaything that needs a wind (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Purposeful procedure (7) 4 Venomous snake (5) 7 Unpleasing to see (4) 8 Comic five-line verse (8) 10 At close quarters (4,2,4) 12 Exposure to public view (6) 13 Change direction abruptly (6) 15 Abolish (3,2,3,2) 18 Reveal (8) 19 Person’s bearing (4) 20 An applied thickness (5) 21 Ostentatiously fashionable (7)
DOWN
1 Rise as far as (5) 2 Concerned with cooking (8) 3 Inconsiderable (6) 4 Complete clearance (5,5) 5 Lip of a cup (4) 6 Sideways (7) 9 To champion (5,2,3) 11 Given reluctantly (8) 12 Extremely bad (7) 14 Central US state (6) 16 Proprietor (5) 17 Sole (4)