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)