THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Collar the boy - he’s a hoodlum (7)
5 Built to accommodate either way (3,2)
8 The state of the fraternity rows among the monks (13)
9 Game by the fireside (5)
10 Perhaps a performer rates it differently (7)
11 The rest of the layers may depend on them (6) 12 Tusked mammal from the West Urals (6)
15 He’s in the right position not to be found out (7) 17 A trimming of lace one gathers (5)
19 As worn by clergymen and office workers? (8,5) 20 Make a financial return (5)
21 Kind of labour we get fed up about (7)
Down
1 Improve one’s knowledge of Polish (3,2)
2 They are kept from going astray by crooks (6,2,5) 3 To succeed, it must follow her in first (7)
4 No right way to see the country (6)
5 Indicate the precise spot (5)
6 The rest cure as organised accumulated wealth (8,5)
7 You have to do so (7)
11 It is run on American lines (7)
13 Shorten a game (7)
14 Fancies a doctor must have the same trouble (6) 16 Newspaper Lydia edited (5)
18 Used some oil from a seed perhaps (5)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Not liable to change (7) 5 Thicket of small trees (5) 8 Commit oneself irrevocably (4,4,5) 9 Proportion (5) 10 Solicitous regard (7) 11 Scarcity (6)
12 Cower (6)
15 Derision (7) 17 Inexpensive (5)
19 For 24 hours continuously (5,3,5) 20 Private teacher (5) 21 Gracefully thin (7)
Down
1 Restrained (5)
2 Use to one’s advantage (4,2,7)
3 Person keeping watch (7) 4 Saturate (6)
5 Private room on ship (5) 6 Make publicly known (5,2,6) 7 Fundamental nature (7) 11 Fault (7)
13 To process for new use (7) 14 An infectious fever (6) 16 Large sea duck (5)
18 Card game for gamblers (5)