{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 For certificate see master after swim (7) 5 Go back in public transport intended to take in others (5)
8 A fair exchange in sight (2,3,3,2,3)
9 Bound to have spirit (5)
10 Space for some oar movement (3,4)
11 Do get accustomed to being put out (6) 12 A new paper to be published (6)
15 Sees I am different nationality (7)
17 They hang from the ears (5)
19 To take up the post is to increase the risk (5,3,5)
20 Agitated nun that is upset about the tedium of life (5)
21 Doctor needs transfer to a city of China (7)
DOWN
1 Protracted speech given by doctor on law-breaking (5)
2 Single-minded concentration before starting the job (13)
3 Above and just behind the clock (7)
4 Alarm created by our sea being rough (6) 5 Nawab may be the boss in Africa (5)
6 Takes the plunge without consulting the directors (4,9)
7 The craft of the cook? (7)
11 Justify being wrongly severed (7)
13 The mantle of sleep is (7)
14 A way of acting (6)
16 Emile provides something fragrant (5)
18 One result of wool-gathering (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Partly cover (7)
5 Second (5)
8 Conjuring (7,2,4)
9 A matter (5)
10 Inconsistent (7)
11 For the most part (6)
12 Stand up for (6)
15 Anxious to learn (7)
17 Opera by Puccini (5)
19 Person liable to drop things (13) 20 Establish by law (5) 21 Cooperation (7)
DOWN
1 Attack (5)
2 E.g. (7,6)
3 Reasoning correctly (7) 4 Irish illicit liquor (6) 5 Express willingness (5) 6 Cruelty (13) 7 Impoverished (7) 11 Gruesome (7)
13 Baltic country (7) 14 Serviceable (6)
16 Open to view (5) 18 Malicious burning (5)