CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Will it stop the bedclothes slipping off? (5,6)

9 Record used briefly in mathematics (3)

10 Continuous transmission through the ages (9)

11 From the alphabet he takes a letter (5)

13 In unusual speed the French slipped by (7)

14 Put in a grave position (6) 16 Lie about an attitude (6) 18 Quietly tell the story to the archbishop (7)

19 To exist with a clique surrounded by the enemy (5) 20 Descriptive of the man who has no craft? (9)

21 Was successful - at present making a comeback (3)

22 The ranks in America showing dignity (11)

DOWN

2 Embrace that is well-nigh tremendous (3)

3 Ten in revised rate - that’s more than enough (5) 4 Degraded and vile in presentday setting (6)

5 The company in time makes money (7)

6 Nothing is given to organisations for spreading Christianity – they’re not included (9)

7 Security devices used on many domestic lines (7,4) 8 Drive tenant mad! It’s quite unintentional (11)

12 He certainly couldn’t be called a middleman! (9)

15 Build me a little home, the most humble (7)

17 Make some disclosure about some meat (6)

19 It’s a container like in a container (5)

21 Used to be turned into a proverb (3)