DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

6. Entices everybody with deceitful ruse (7) 7. Unite and vandalise the railway (5) 9. Bag holding the last of the bran meal (5) 10. Those people about to strike for treatment (7) 12. Showing no compunction about being without a code! (11) 14. The female who's good at

spelling? (11) 18. The first of several men on the right producing the accounts (7) 19. Gold could make him

endlessly dismal (5) 21. Put down again for

broadcast (5) 22. Captive could be shot before

very long! (7)

Down

1. Cast for a lively dance (5) 2. A thousand varied clues indicating physical development (6) 3. See 20 Down 4. Bay the French rule badly (6) 5. Suggest the idea of a union

with professional attitude (7) 8. The following drinks required for those at the meet (7) 11. More reliable plumber! (7) 13. A throne destroyed by a

different person (7) 15. Name the girl's fiancé (6) 16. Evasive and not properly fit

to be in the cast (6) 17. Clumsily collide with a

boat (5) 20 & 3Dn. Snooker players

employed at the local? (3-3)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

6. Unfortunate (7) 7. Battle (5) 9. Measure (5) 10. Confide (7) 12. Unforgivable (11) 14. Deceive (6-5) 18. Depraved (7) 19. Indicate (5) 21. Besom (5) 22. Stance (7)

Down

1. Waterway (5) 2. Motto (6) 3. Request (3) 4. Mountain range (6) 5. Frightful (7) 8. Probe (7) 11. Passage (7) 13. Short stay (7) 15. Dig (6) 16. Even (6) 17. Growl (5) 20. Spar (3)