Sunderland Echo

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Be in a whirl in the highest fashion? (4,4,1,3) 7. Easily tricked into being envious? (5) 8. Animal has part of foot terribly malformed (5) 9. Being on strike is no longer fashionabl­e? (3) 10. Suddenly in unison, perhaps (3,2,4) 11. Sword produced by redhead on a jetty (6) 12. Decamp: the race is cancelled (3,3) 15. No comeback after having some chicken in Greek temple (9) 17. What's left of this tree after fire? (3) 18. Where the dismembere­d torso came from? (5) 19. Able leader, 51, on his own (5) 21. Eminent musician? (6,2,4)

Down

1. Result of an explosive class situation? (6,6) 2. Don't stand for untruth! (3) 3. Stir up relations led astray (6) 4. Face the other way – faintness after a fight (5,4) 5. Repeatedly decimal (5) 6. Acquitted without having to pay anything (4,2,6) 7. Rise to style of dress (3-2) 10. Stones set as myth exploded (9) 13. Do fag-ends partly indicate having reached majority? (2,3) 14. Fruitlessl­y having boarded vehicle about one (2,4) 16. Heron diverted river (5) 20. Lout cuts top off bread (3)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Unevenness (12) 7. Sham (5) 8. Obvious (5) 9. Fuss (3) 10. Work together (2-7) 11. Quiet (6) 12. Dwarf (6) 15. Nonsense (9) 17. Tease (3) 18. Observed (5) 19. Curt (5) 21. Myopic (5-7)

Down

1. Uncompromi­sing (12) 2. Muffle (3) 3. Lithe (6) 4. Refill (9) 5. Diadem (5) 6. Examined (12) 7. Quarrel (5) 10. Competitor (9) 13. Furze (5) 14. Gap (6) 16. Clutch (5) 20. Dress (3)

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