DOUBLE CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 6 Deceive (7)

7 Calm (5)

9 Merry (3)

10 Litter (9)

12 Liberation (11) 15 Narrator (5-6) 17 Food (9)

19 Attempt (3)

21 The pick (5)

22 Nimbleness (7) DOWN

1 Rot (5)

2 Sever (3)

3 Level (4)

4 Buyer (9)

5 Protection (7)

8 Disclose (6)

11 Corruption (9) 13 Chant (6)

14 Alarm (7)

16 Hackneyed (5) 18 Brink (4)

20 Aged (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

6 He foresees a hold-up with the reform (7)

7 A fair race? (5)

9 A child of spirit (3)

10 Deep feeling trouble with an allowance (9)

12 Will Roy ever cut up the Oriental flower? (6,5) 15 Not the best moment to sort things out (6-5) 17 A question of personal welfare (3,3,3)

19 A punitive measure (3)

21 Get down to making a proposal? (5)

22 A title indeed much wished for (7)

DOWN

1 Family worry? (5)

2 Man of intelligence? (3)

3 The best part of a play (4)

4 Most uninhibited, he tears it up (9)

5 Get better insurance after religious education (7) 8 A scoop for a gardening correspondent? (6)

11 An extraordinary deed or act may get you this (9)

13 Defect in the hose firemen use (6)

14 Tell a story about a foreign nobleman (7)

16 Figures it’s only one among hundreds (5)

18 Finished in a superior position (4)

20 The energy of six thousand (3)