Daily crossword
QUICK CLUES
Across
6. Early legislation welfare (4,3) 7. Ridiculed (5) 9. Frozen water (3) 10. Woman with a will (9) 12. Future (11) 15. Powers that be (11) 17 & 16Dn. Cast for broken limbs (7,2,5) 19. Chart (3) 21. Minute (5) 22. Threadlike stem (7)
Down
1. Trainer (5) 2. Cook in oil (3) 3 & 5Dn. Fantasy (4-7) 4. TV captions for the Deaf (9) 5. See 3 Down 8. Road (6) 11. Music group (9) 13. Swells (6) 14. Irish sport (7) 16. See 17 Across 18. Portent (4) 20. Commercials (3)
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
6. Unsatisfactory legislation once concerned underprivileged the (4,3) 7. One who shows the way, we hear, to be caricatured (5) 9. Hard water (3) 10. A willing female (9) 12. The view I have, looking to the future (11) 15. Writer is about to restrict those who wield power (11) 17 & 16Dn. Used by French capitalists when facing the wall! (7,2,5) 19. See 8 Down 21. Number of competitors at the start of the alleyway (5) 22. Part of the batten drilled as support for climbers (7)
Down
1. Road transport or train (5) 2. Young fish to put in the pan (3) 3 & 5Dn. Pretend to force one to accept the faith (4-7) 4. Not the main names for underwater craft! (9) 5. See 3 Down 8 & 19Ac. It's used by people wishing to know the ways of the town (6,3) 11. Group of players who should know the score (9) 13. Sudden power increases provide stimulus in the vessel (6) 14. Making a pitch for Irish game (7) 16. See 17 Across 18. Sign an invocation to the rank and file (4) 20. Appends, we hear, the commercials (3)