DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Place where the post is sorted? (4) 8 Restraining device extensively used in office (6,4) 9 Are clues like this the bane of the sailor’s life? (5,3) 10 A never-to-be-repeated occasion (4) 12 Loved fuss and colour (6) 14 Concerning a girl that is slack (6) 15 Place to meet after a drive (6) 17 A cart that’s all at sea (6) 18 Not working for nothing? (4) 19 Music coming from hop-yard? (8) 21 More surprised than you can say? (6,4) 22 After it’s buried something may crop up (4)

DOWN

2 He takes the plunge in his quest for riches (5,5) 3 Honest expression of agreement (4) 4 Sailor accustomed to being reviled (6) 5 Go about two? (6) 6 Unusual sort of moral ban (8) 7 Lied about being out of work (4) 11 Results are usually laughable when this missile is launched (7-3) 13 The second man to hoist a flag? (6-2) 16 Well-known bather’s shout of discovery (6) 17 You can count on it (6) 18 Doubled striking power (4) 20 Boss is upset and shows distress (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Doorpost (4) 8 Shaky (10) 9 Scorned (8) 10 Nightfall (4) 12 Adhesive (6) 14 Pass (6) 15 Tiller (6) 17 Quiver (6) 18 Narrate (4) 19 Resolution (8) 21 Blurred (10) 22 Smooth (4)

DOWN

2 Stress (10) 3 Jolt (4) 4 Faithful (6) 5 Vow (6) 6 Ironmongery (8) 7 Feeble (4) 11 Sympathetic (10) 13 Grumble (8) 16 Disprove (6) 17 Autocrat (6) 18 Excursion (4) 20 Distinction (4)