{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Chests? They sound as though they’ve got bad ones (7)
5 They may be well-worn and well-used (5)
8 Practise putting on a glove? (3,4,4,2)
9 Swift portrayal of a brutish lout (5)
10 A limit I set for force in emergency (7)
11 Troubles any son may produce (6)
12 Governor from Sparta (6)
15 It’s no fun as a rule for him (7)
17 Pack animal brings everything back around morning (5)
19 Just a fraction of a Rugby team (5-8)
20 Be quiet and help with the dish washing (3,2)
21 Money fine can upset (7)
DOWN
1 Wary of being barred? (5)
2 Realise and convey how to act as a servant (5,3,5)
3 Firm in money management? (7)
4 Ten-foot sea midget (6)
5 A gem looks right in a ring (5)
6 In this way men are trained for the sea (13)
7 Presumably one gets a light tan from it (3,4)
11 Made work play perhaps (7)
13 A new role in flight control (7)
14 He seems not to have washed the back of the neck (6)
16 Secure link (3-2)
18 A detached area in church (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Shine unsteadily (7)
5 A stone fruit (5)
8 Multi-thonged whip (3-1-4-5) 9 Very steep (5)
10 In the distant past (4,3)
11 Overcast (6)
12 Unfriendly in manner (6)
15 Accomplish (7)
17 To express (5)
19 Temptingly delicious (5-8)
20 Clothing (5)
21 Cooperation (7)
DOWN
1 Centre of attention (5)
2 Out of favour (2,3,8)
3 Similar in character (7)
4 Cause lasting bitterness (6) 5 To don (3,2)
6 Natural exuberance (6,7)
7 An eventful past (7)
11 Full to bursting (7) 13 Mediterranean resort area (7) 14 Happen to (6)
16 A people’s distinctive spirit (5) 18 To urge (3,2)