Sunderland Echo

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Unusual risk causes

annoyance (4) 8. Prettiness in a constantly

recurring form (10)

9. All the money that may be made with apples, perhaps (8) 10. Othello's marshland,

perhaps (4)

12. Head branch (6)

14. It's all talk! (6)

15. Resort of a hundred

girls (6)

17. It's said to produce a

smile (6)

18. Creatures with feet with

a point at each end (4) 19. Utensil that is barred for

cooks (8)

21. Going round one after

another? (10)

22. It's kept in cellars (4)

Down

2. Give a 50% rebate on a

ticket? (6,4)

3. Bridge piles are up (4)

4. His job is to transfer stock (6) 5. Fruit tree that could be

rustic (6)

6. Stock reaction to panic (8)

7. Make the tea go round (4)

11. Happening sometimes in so

laconic a way (10)

13. Remote chance a sniper may

take (4,4)

16. Communicat­e without

speaking? Remarkable! (6)

17. Credit is repeatedly the

trouble (6)

18. A passage taken out (4)

20. In extremitie­s they can be

accommodat­ing (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Retain (4) 8. Corrupt (10) 9. Rubbing out (8) 10. Snug home (4)

12. Conflict (6)

14. Screw shape (6) 15. Scatter (6)

17. Burlesque (6) 18. Mosquito (4)

19. Cheating (8)

21. Devious (10)

22. Lofty (4)

Down

2. Relating to horse

riding (10) 3. Speed (4) 4. Marriageab­le (6)

5. Rocks (6) 6. Border (8)

7. Inclinatio­n (4)

11. Defaming (10)

13. Helpless (8)

16. Mortal (6)

17. Venom (6)

18. Clothing (4)

20. Kindred (4)

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