THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Indisposition of one in mental breakdown (7) 5 Dignified way to help (5)

8 What I should have done, if I were in your position (7,6)

9 Tears shed for Flora (5)

10 A downtrodden machine worker (7)

11 In which all men are brothers? (6)

12 Girl out to procure bird (6)

15 Fire raisers (7)

17 Salesman the Spanish rebuff (5)

19 It gives current time (8,5)

20 They have branches for shoes (5)

21 They may be responsible for reports from the front (7)

DOWN

1 Get a new car on account, but some capital required (5)

2 Induce to become religious? (4,2,7)

3 For example, rising in the morning with enthusiasm (7)

4 Hitherto the aim of boys wanting to go out with girls (2,4)

5 Find answer to love’s torment (5)

6 Flat out after a mishap? Not unusual if you’re this (8-5)

7 Locked up as a final course (7)

11 I am bent on getting out and moving round (7)

13 Nigerian perhaps can be after fair treatment (7)

14 Demanding, like royalty can be? (6)

16 Has to make professions of loyalty (5) 18 Amounts of water coming from leaks (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Various (7) 5 Flowering bulb (5)

8 As a result (2,11)

9 An area’s plant life (5) 10 Theatrical entertainer (7) 11 Playful (6) 12 Behave insincerely (6) 15 Sports official (7) 17 Perfume (5)

19 Soon enough (3,2,4,4) 20 Smelling stale (5) 21 Cargo (7)

DOWN

1 Unyielding (5)

2 Zambezi cataract (8,5) 3 To plunder (7)

4 Room to manoeuvre (6) 5 Jeer at (5)

6 Very patient (4-9)

7 Go ahead of (7)

11 Gun (7)

13 What remains (7)

14 Start a journey (3,3) 16 Slim and long-legged (5) 18 Deal with (5)