TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Stationery item, eraser, not

allowed we hear (6,4) 8 Lovely cravat hides

modern fabric (5)

9 Craft requires stick to push

in (7)

10 First murderer liable to

include master (7)

11 To be miserly is very

restrictive (5)

12 Support for bird with facial

wrinkles (5,4)

15 Dug jeans material up (5) 17 English politician draws

returned milk bottles (7) 19 Capri so terribly dull? (7) 20 Search through to find

weapon (5)

21 Sent in more sloppy soup

(10)

DOWN

2 Take the lid off a French

hat (5)

3 Cry of approval about commercial show of courage (7)

4 Crime scenes in rambling

anecdotes (13)

5 Lucky Charm’s non-starter

at racecourse (5)

6 Drink in the breeze (7) 7 Lamb eaten contained

batter (4)

8 Blocking part of the

security device (4) 12 Agree many are playing

well (7)

13 Nero, perhaps, turns

salesman in Rome (7) 14 Misleading part of small

landmass (4)

15 Unwanted emails returned

for charts (4)

16 Many come down where

excess water flows (5) 18 One sister bandaging finger, initially as a joke (2,3)