DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Final inspiration (5,6) 9 Cut a piece from the wedding cake (3) 10 A nominal subscription, perhaps (9) 11 The cases of travellers may rest on them (5) 13 Just a second on earth, perhaps (7) 14 Start a different arrangement of beds (6) 16 Noah’s final resting place (6) 18 It was plain to early American settlers (7) 19 It makes things less sharp (5) 20 Yearn for, much later (4,5) 21 Some very expensive cereal (3) 22 A candidate who fails to keep it is unlikely to get it! (11)

DOWN

2 Go unsteadily down a passage (3) 3 Features no points though possibly pointed! (5) 4 Put food in the bar for one in need (6) 5 It’s possibly mean of us to captivate (7) 6 Antidote for those addicted to lying? (5,4) 7 It doesn’t take long to provide a deficiency (5,6) 8 Esoteric sign employed by executives (11) 12 Start to play? (7,2) 15 Such a blow can cause a great deal of damage (7) 17 Struck and defeated (6) 19 Play for a drink on the street (5) 21 Yet an actor may have it in a walk-on part (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Surreptitious (11) 9 Decay (3) 10 Treatise (9) 11 Rector (5) 13 Impedimenta (7) 14 Revoke (6) 16 Try hard (6) 18 Bravery (7) 19 Defraud (5) 20 To end (9) 21 Meadow (3) 22 Increase rapidly (11)

DOWN

2 Illuminated (3) 3 Lowest point (5) 4 Without difficulty (6) 5 Idea (7) 6 Story (9) 7 Quibble (11) 8 Respectful (11) 12 Victor (9) 15 Icy (7) 17 Sake (6) 19 Encourage (5) 21 Allow (3)