THE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Where is this sold? Oh, in some local

resort (7)

5 Double issue (5)

8 They support the game perhaps (7,6) 9 Make a record score (5)

10 Make an impact (7)

11 This religious belief is held by our opponents (6)

12 Agree it looks like what was dispatched (6)

15 See the bishop’s concern (7)

17 Turn out a bad scholar? (5)

19 It’s thick-skinned, colourless and unwanted (5,8)

20 Submit a return (5)

21 Maybe it’s pressed to make one go down (7)

DOWN

1 An aquatic bird seen on the Nile (5) 2 Telephone for legal aid? (4,3,6)

3 Sort of sight he encountered in the Alps (7)

4 There must be the will to provide it (6) 5 All the drink a chap gets (5)

6 A tree leaning over a ramp perhaps (8,5) 7 His guilt is a possibility (7)

11 It turned up, having deviated back in the channel (7)

13 Approach with some pomp to do a menial

job (5,2)

14 Rang the changes (6)

16 Aim to include me? Correct (5)

18 A deal with America for plant (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 To store for keeping (7) 5 In simplest form (5) 8 Pretend not to notice (4,1,5,3)

9 Supply hidden away (5) 10 Voter (7)

11 Over extensive area (6) 12 Collective (6)

15 Simple and frugal (7) 17 Brilliant display (5) 19 Available for general use (2,11) 20 Shrub with prickly leaves (5) 21 Scapegoat (4,3)

DOWN

1 Drainage channel (5) 2 Essential component (4,3,6) 3 Disgrace (7)

4 Helm (6)

5 Spree (5) 6 Fragrant (5-8) 7 A V-shaped pattern (7) 11 Sharply irritable (7) 13 Viewed as a whole (7) 14 Overwhelm (6) 16 Slow to act (5) 18 Piquant (5)