Daily crossword

QUICK CLUES

Across 6 Implore (7)

7 Bear (5) 9 Luke-warm (5) 10 Take out (7) 12 Remembered (11)

14 Answerable (11) 18 Esteem (7) 19 Correct (5) 21 Weary (5) 22 Sovereign (7) Down 1 Gem (5) 2 Determine (6) 3 Perform (3) 4 Cloth (6) 5 A game (7) 8 Make clear (7) 11 Join (7) 13 Day-dream (7) 15 Marionette (6) 16 Linger (6) 17 Pulsate (5) 20 Little devil (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 6 A companion with many a sailor (7)

7 Stick to veto all round

(5)

9 See 20 Down

10 Men who have not yet settled (7)

12 Signifying a smaller amount, but conveying no sense (11)

14 Emerging, but just failing to get a place, we hear (6,5)

18 Presumably it comes from the main seam! (3-4)

19 Correspond with a friend after tea (5) 21 An impression that doesn't take much licking (5)

22 A street cutting into unspoilt meadowland (7) Down 1 Bound to be a good place for wine (5)

2 The confederacy produces a nautical measure (6)

3 A weapon with which one fiddles (3)

4 Bygone days shown by the Spanish drawing (6) 5 North African making his room untidy (7) 8 About a marriage - it takes place after separation! (7)

11 They cause perplexity in games, maybe (7)

13 The style with a pen that shows diffidence (7) 15 Revenue for company involved in mine reorganisation (6) 16 Personal touches shown by the artist (6) 17 Apprehension among international armies (5)

20 & 9Ac They are used as a sound preventive (3-5)