Puzzles & Stars

ACROSS

1. Seraph could be derived from this mode of expression! (4,2,6)

7. The first of the dynasties involved in disorderly rout (5)

8. Liquid container at the

back of the church (5) 9. The offensive is holding

the enemy back (3) 10. Some let it get entwined

in the decorations (9) 11. Part of a sentence that appears in the contract (6)

12. Green types for example

in freight vehicles (6) 15. Bring in a social worker

of some consequence (9) 17. Be prone to talk

deceptively (3)

18. Hardy variety of

monster (5)

19. Being clumsy, it holds

the writer back (5)

21. The reason one man’s meat is another man’s poison (6,6)

DOWN

1. Does it regulate vehicular flow when there are few cars about? (7-5)

2. It’s not even strange (3) 3. District where you’ll find the hospital near foreign capital (6)

4. Don’t forget to take the

hat round again (9) 5. Cask placed in the street

for a gimmick (5)

6. Bury girl right among the

stars (12)

7. The thanks you get for a

Greek letter (5)

10. Shocking crimes – tan

the wrong-doer (9)

13. Apportion what has been knocked down, one hears (5)

14. Regular customs assumed by huntsmen (6)

16. Platforms initially positioned over different international auditoriums (5)

20. Priest prominent among

the Israelites (3)