CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Display being month? in of (7,5) favour kicking of trial against 7. The right friend to rouse (5) 8. It’s flat either way (5) 9. Mischievous child looks like one politician! (3) 10. Is she relatively sure to be a target? (4,5) 11. Alternatively bargain in severe trial (6) 12. Was the two-step seen at the tea party? (6) 15. Got fatter and possibly old and futile (6,3) 17. Unselfish little being at heart (3) 18. This animal is shy and half puma (5) 19. Concede he was an American general (5) 21. It helps when the wicked get nothing, apparently (3,2,3,4)

DOWN

1. It by secretary is a presumably private (6,6) not held 2. Slippery customer could be electric (3) 3. Irksome court work? (6) 4. Also still a hopeless cry (3,2,4) 5. In this epic, a village gets hypercritical censure (5) 6. Where the farmer keeps his game? (7,5) 7. Quick attack around Peterhead (5) 10. Consequently rues atlas being ruined (2,1,6) 13. Doctors do – and, it’s worth having! (5) 14. Sumerian capital should be looked for (6) 16. Faithful ally gets upset about nothing (5) 20. Article you and I receive in reverence (3)