Twinplex

No 16,145

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 The girl with a hole in a footwear item (4) 8 Becomes conscious and pays a visit (5,5) 9 Dud horse could be covered (8) 10 Blue feathers? (4) 12 Hang Glenda, perhaps (6) 14 Female animal seen in sashes (3,3) 15 Spoil a little devil with a tune (6) 17 Some bacon for the more impetuous (6) 18 A burden upon America (4) 19 Of the theatre? (8) 21 Killjoy ruins the drink (10) 22 Possibly care for some land (4)

DOWN

2 He caused hold-ups for road travellers (10) 3 Resounding noise from the choir (4) 4 Mug Des breaks due to smear (6) 5 One team’s whispered remarks (6) 6 Virtue! My word! (8) 7 Need to get out of paradise (4) 11 Litter appears wet, somehow (5,5) 13 Hide Billy’s family (8) 16 Is among the others that stand firm (6) 17 Get cover for home again (6) 18 Expel some famous troublemakers (4) 20 Jot down A,B, C, D, E, F,G, H, I (4)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Footwear item (4) 8 Visits (5,5) 9 Enveloped (8) 10 Soft feathers (4) 12 Suspend (6) 14 Female donkey (3,3) 15 Weaken (6) 17 Slice of bacon (6) 18 Responsibility (4) 19 Relating to operations (8) 21 Killjoy (10) 22 Unit of area (4)

DOWN

2 Robber on horseback (10) 3 Reverberate (4) 4 Smear (6) 5 Stage whispers (6) 6 Beneficence (8) 7 Biblical garden (4) 11 Discarded stationery (5,5) 13 Hide of a caprine mammal (8) 16 Withstand (6) 17 Repair the top of a building (6) 18 Eject (4) 20 Jot (4)