Sunderland Echo

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

7. Thought highly of trade arrangemen­t (5) 8. So frightfull­y big, no terms could be used for it (7) 9. Claimed to become a system with some point (7) 10. It's morally justifiabl­e to make a record, we hear (5) 12. See 19 Across 15. By which the actor's career progresses comfortabl­y? (4,6) 18. Spanish chap, or

possibly Norse (5) 19 & 12Ac. Is it given when a relayrace is in progress? (7,10) 21. Thinks there's little hesitation

filling in the pools (7) 22. One involved in a scheme

that's unattracti­ve (5)

Down

1 & 5Dn. It provides an opening

for business operators (10,8) 2 & 11Dn. Resolute exhortatio­n to those being tempted to disarm? (5,2,4,4) 3. Dairy food processed the other way (4) 4. Partly resemble military badge (6) 5. See 1 Down 6. Staying unsettled and

hellishly gloomy (7) 11. See 2 Down 13. The Spectator is a weekly

publicatio­n (8) 14. As stupid as the first person

having one over the eight (7) 16. These clues are not written

down (6) 17. European currency I deposited in the rising rand (5) 20. Turn up for drinks (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

7. Shell (5) 8. Digress (7) 9. Drinkable (7) 10. Coronet (5) 12. Plants (10) 15. Transient (5-5) 18. Exclude (5) 19. Wrinkle (7) 21. Worldly (7) 22. Compare (5)

Down

1. Squashed (10) 2. Metalworke­r (5) 3. Cradle (4) 4. Stick (6) 5. Make empty (8) 6. Terse (7) 11. Indifferen­t (10) 13. Outer (8) 14. Mix (7) 16. Emitted (6) 17. Call up (5) 20. Depend (4)

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