Crossword 2

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Possibly no art paints for George in England (6,5) 9. Choose to upset the pot (3) 10. Cathy’s out with a chap - a sailor! (9)

11. Sword for fighting bears? (5) 13. Agrees there’s a point in valuable things (7)

14. Awfully rude on ship due to coercion (6)

16. Girl who’s out of breath (6) 18. Stand-in about to start a game of tennis (7)

19. A new state of discernment (5)

20. A key number? (6-3)

21. Tool used to break the law (3)

22. Playing the violin dishonestly? (2,3,6)

Down

2. Appropriate to get a point (3) 3. Give her my new poem (5) 4. Divine drink? (6)

5. Wrongly attires an entertainer (7)

6. Proposes Minnesota, perhaps? (9)

7. Being thoughtful, think of it as being consumed (11) 8. Without apologising for mixing mules and hay (11)

12. West Side Story composer giving inner best perhaps? (9) 15. Withdraw due to a slight injury (7)

17. The French aristocrat is not punished (3,3)

19. Some of Bert Weedon’s material? (5)

21. Suffer very good student (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Express sympathy (11) 9. Vessel (3)

10. Fancy (4-5)

11. Coppice (5)

13. Closest (7)

14. Stiffener (6)

16. In front of (6)

18. Of the tongue (7) 19. Line (5)

20. Remove (9)

21. Transgression (3) 22. Of the earth (11)

Down

2. Possess (3) 3. Tree (5)

4. Lying (6) 5. Emit (7)

6. Ergo (9) 7. Mercury (11) 8. Tiny pieces (11) 12. Mournful (9) 15. Messenger (7) 17. Forever (6) 19. Peculiar (5) 21. Ocean (3)