DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

7. Initial message sent to London address? (7,6) 8. Beat an exhortation to join the Socialist Party (8) 9. Assists one in short commercials (4) 10. There may be a hitch in

their progress (6)

12. Take no notice of devastated region (6) 14. Broadcaster about fifty is

more deliberate (6) 16. Country property giving the first of the gardeners scope (6) 18. Nearly all the vessels

escape (4) 20. See 5 Down 22. They get paid for sitting around the studio (7,6)

Down

1. Mother and I getting nearly everything required for a dress (8) 2. The French turned up in

splendid conclusion (6) 3. A month and nothing more in

Irish county (4) 4. When a limb is held by a fish,

it's frightful (8) 5 and 20Ac. Put pupils under

stress (6,4,4) 6. A favoured tennis player gets

set (4) 11. They sound like garments fit

for knights (8) 13. How the tatterdemalion is

turned out (8) 15. You and I will get baleful

farm pest (6) 17. A list of meeting-points (6) 19. The pantry has no end of

fat (4) 21. Miss Woodhouse take me

back to mother (4)

QUICK CLUES:

Across 7. Reflection (13) 8. Entrap (8) 9. Island (4) 10. Supported (6) 12. Whole (6) 14. Ask (6) 16. Harvester (6) 18. Cease (4) 20. Solitary (8) 22. Patient (4-9) Down 1. Spring (8) 2. Assault (6) 3. Self-satisfied (4) 4. Beyond (8) 5. Severe (6) 6. Make dirty (4) 11. Horrible (8) 13. Making (8) 15. Assail by words (6) 17. Tempt (6) 19. Implement (4) 21. Secure (4)