DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Police bullying produces a

triple graduate! (5,6) 9. Apostrophise divine? How

strange! (3)

10. When at home former

Pope was stormy (9)

11. Lighter bump (5) 13. Warhorse commands a

price (7)

14. Make it possible to nab

eel (6)

16. Pick the ones already chosen from the south (6)

18. Orphan gets upset having swallowed ring and barbed dart (7) 19. Cancel article missing from

yearly publication (5)

20. Fail to develop and hurry to call

on dunderhead (3,2,4)

21. A signal to act, no doubt (3)

22. Presumably it covers printing the correspondence column (11)

Down

2. Fresh identity concealed (3) 3. Breed to reach higher

things? (5)

4. It takes two short months to

prepare by boiling (6) 5. Angered – hand-bomb

exploded (7)

6. Always inexperienced – leaves

shed only abnormally (9) 7. Very quick twice, raising

tone (6,5)

8. The narrator tells fibs! (5,6) 12. Alter the order of the class at

the back (9)

15. Instruct the sentinel to

beware (4,3)

17. Some send earnest letters to

win affection (6)

19. Summer reptile? (5)

21. The company's lettuce (3)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Disheartened (11) 9. Pinch (3)

10. Distil (9)

11. Beneath (5)

13. Fatty (7)

14. Wrangle (6)

16. Horrified (6)

18. Speak to (7)

19. Handle (5)

20. Infection (9)

21. Self (3)

22. Respectful (11)

Down

2. Tear (3)

3. Take an oath (5) 4. Uproar (6) 5. Appearing

indistinctly (7) 6. Detailed (9) 7. Impediment (11) 8. Hatred (11)

12. Deterioration (9) 15. Raise (7)

17. Hope (6)

19. Dogma (5)

21. Period (3)