DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
6 Deteriorate and become a drug-taker (2,2,3) 7 Give the last cry of pain (5) 9 Go and cause irritation (3) 10 Homes were rebuilt but the location’s vague (9) 12 Onslaught by Cupid, perhaps, could be fatal (5,6) 15 An attraction to excursionists on a diet? (7,4) 17 It may bring couples together at Christmas! (9) 19 Time to end the opera (3) 21 You’ll like it if you like fruit tart! (5) 22 Not a large measure of spirit, just a little one! (4,3)
DOWN
1 French river I have knowledge about (5) 2 The best or one of the worst things a golfer can do (3) 3 Game explorer (4) 4 Not very good at cornering, apparently (2,3,4) 5 Punish in the right way? (7) 8 Exist with just a part interest (6) 11 An inference that should attract more custom? (9) 13 How one danced when not quite sober? (6) 14 Free to make a speech (7) 16 Deck or dock (5) 18 Classical author I’d nothing against at first (4) 20 Some very early grain (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
6 Fragile (7) 7 Devil (5) 9 Lively (3) 10 Able (9) 12 Besides (11) 15 Thoughtless (11) 17 Disconsolately (9) 19 Sphere (3) 21 Cancel (5) 22 Supply (7)
DOWN
1 Big (5) 2 Pig-pen (3) 3 Too (4) 4 A will (9) 5 Kind of woodwork (7) 8 Extend (6) 11 Peevish (9) 13 Inn (6) 14 Confiscate (7) 16 Commerce (5) 18 Skulk (4) 20 Day before (3)