DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. From which the driver gets backing (7,4) 9. Animal of the sea-perch family (3) 10. Steps taken to get a rise (9) 11. The pick of the literary world (5) 13. Descriptive of a fatal

job? (4-3) 14. Deer is to live (6) 16. Contained by this, hothead gets Irene upset (6) 18. Tries at becoming a

performer (7) 19. Trace a way to provide

food (5) 20. Eliminate a tied race (9) 21. The West leaving the barrier

for everybody (3) 22. Fresh instructions on vice in

the headlines? (4,2,5)

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2. See her the night before (3) 3. She is otherwise engaged

about one... (5) 4. ...and bashful about having a

drink (6) 5. The clothing is old enough to

be classed as rubbish (7) 6. Humiliation in a cellar (9) 7. Big wave met without danger

by crack burglar (4-7) 8. Star's first part? (7,4) 12. Never satisfied, saint was

upset when I had a meal (9) 15. Give the sack to dunderhead

who is spinster (7) 17. Don't leave me to get up in

bad weather (6) 19. It's obvious 150 need organ (5) 21. Article you and I stand under

in reverence (3)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Folly (11) 9. Zero (3) 10. Intermediary (2-7) 11. Perch (5) 13. Clasp (7) 14. Disperse (6) 16. Infrequently (6) 18. Free time (7) 19. Unsoiled (5) 20. Custom (9) 21. Mountain pass (3) 22. Nonsensical (11)

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2. Lubricate (3) 3. Ignite (5) 4. Cried (6) 5. Signal (7) 6. Run away (9) 7. Scepticism (11) 8. Mix (11) 12. Stubborn (9) 15. Evasion (7) 17. Purpose (6) 19. Waterway (5) 21. Lettuce (3)