THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Challenging in a deft fashion (7)

4 Chance of a rest (5)

7 Dutch half-sovereign (4)

8 Line brought into use when one rings (4,4) 10 Do they stop cars in record time? (4,6) 12 Object I’ve put into the salad (6)

13 Type of briefs used in the textile industry (6) 15 Final notices (10)

18 Be generous with some incriminating information? (4,4)

19 How a man may be called to give account

(4)

20 Presumed a large number read badly (5) 21 Mother loses youth; gets some compensation (7)

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Outmoded description of St Peter’s for example (5)

If rebuffed, stay at home (8)

Parent gets cut up by surgeon’s saw (6) They dance with bears, all in disarray (10) His victims lose heart (4)

Magnetic holders? (7)

It’s beyond the directors to be honest (5,5) I’d bring a form of decorative tape (8)

Not free to wed (7)

Seaside yarn (6)

These are sure to be brisk for beer on board (5)

Left in charge (4)