THE TAKE-A-BREAK CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1. Got carried away, being unusually ardent about playing games (11) 9. In the present time, one to lend a hand (3) 10. Turned up in a nosy way? (9) 11. Fawn amphibian near the back of the shrubbery (5) 13. Not incoming mail for remote station (7) 14. Smart answer found in the laboratory (6) 16. Shopkeeper of more unsightly girth, by the sound of it (6) 18. To arouse anger in distressing scene (7) 19. Purchased a new kind of chair inside (5) 20. Send a short note to say what the fisherman may do (4,1,4) 21. Belabour tailless young animal (3) 22. Fresh declaration showing cause to include varied rites (11)

DOWN 2. It’s used in America for shooting stick (3) 3. Excitable and very disturbed after the end of the operation (5) 4. Father is to rearrange the paved areas (6) 5. There’s nothing in dilapidated resort for a proud bird! (7) 6. Settled comfortably with a candlestick in the finish (9) 7. Teacher takes care of very bright types (6-5) 8. Revise my ode on true scripture book (11) 12. Track I hoe for edible tuber (9) 15. Race-tracks used by aircraft (7) 17. Nothing brought up in the charge is catty (6) 19. Used money to put an enclosure in the street (5) 21. Sign embodied in an inscrutable omen (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across 1. Barrenness (11) 9. Chart (3) 10. Command (9) 11. Tender (5) 13. Deem (7) 14. Flung (6) 16. Curses (6) 18. Impartial (7) 19. Encourage (5) 20. Doctrine (9) 21. Coach (3) 22. Brilliant (11) Down 2. Pinch (3) 3. Senior (5) 4. Filament (6) 5. Tetanus (7) 6. Inferior (5-4) 7. Persistence (11) 8. Strained (5,6) 12. Lucky (9) 15. Adoration (7) 17. Dive (6) 19. In a box (5) 21. Prohibit (3)