the crosswords

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 The appeal of a fashionable career (10) 8 Heard to take the bait in the bay (5) 9 A lot more complicated musical effect (7) 10 African tribesman returns after rainstorm in Kenya (7) 11 Factor eliminated by direct dealing (5) 12 Strip - of sheepskin (6) 14 Group of players turn on the inventor (6) 17 Enchanting woman left out of ring (5) 19 Small things but they cause a lot of ill-feeling (7) 21 A short month on a Roman road for Antony’s wife (7) 22 Poet of golden study (5) 23 Together they may make a catch (3,3,4)

DOWN

2 Mixed gin with glee in casual

fashion (7) 3 Inaccurate serve results in

defeat (5) 4 A titan out to win (6) 5 Country music composer (7) 6 Necktie? (5) 7 Satisfied, I raise no

argument (10) 8 He helps France to be

free (10) 13 United yet divided (7) 15 Food taken in by the

sultan (7) 16 Get the boat in somehow (6) 18 It moves the helicopter up or

down (5) 20 Swim before one can

walk (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Originator of plan (5,5) 8 Make petty objections (5) 9 To rescue (7) 10 Commonplace (7) 11 Round flattish felt cap (5) 12 Threefold (6) 14 Dismount (3,3) 17 Heathen (5) 19 Section of book (7) 21 Bodily height (7) 22 Follow to its origins (5) 23 Obtained by great effort (4-6)

DOWN

2 Act of retaliation (7) 3 Mediterranean island country (5) 4 Enrage (6) 5 Very talkative (7) 6 Wanderer (5) 7 Sheer physical strength (5,5) 8 Happened (4,2,4) 13 Lethargy (7) 15 Stare down (7) 16 Become monarch (6) 18 Form of statistical diagram (5) 20 To convert (5)