CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Managing directors on older car? (7-5) 7 Summon energy to get up it (5) 8 Short number - 10, about - have wooden tongue (5) 9 Short measure to ring, frequently (3) 10 Prevent reporters getting the latest news (4,5) 11 Use my pole when cut up (6) 12 Hold back sailor - he’s in the red (6) 15 Small worker offers secretarial aid (9) 17 Thus this cover could be concrete (3) 18 Drudgery causes stupid smile by dunderhead (5) 19 Begin to jump (5) 21 They go round religiously (6-6)

DOWN

1 Broadcast intelligence? (5,7) 2 Anger of country losing land (3) 3 Caper puts a doctor in prison (6) 4 Revealed feast extended (9) 5 Wash lightly in beer in secret (5) 6 Bias towards a single party? (12) 7 Establish directions given to ram (3,2) 10 Left in ship for 24 hours when athletes meet (6,3) 13 Assign everything to return (5) 14 Does he breed for higher things? (6) 16 Willow could make one sore (5) 20 What’s left after burning tree (3)