DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Resolute due to threats, perhaps (5-7)

7. Not the best man in the stable? (5)

8. A belief in sacred office (5)

9. Boat propeller (3)

10. Could you mend a broken skate with it? (4,5)

11. Is hard, perhaps, but may be eaten (6)

12. Granting some misplaced ingenuity (6)

15. I’d put in now for a high position in society (9) 17. A politician concerned in current affairs (3)

18. A bonus for an actor (5) 19. Spring edition? (5)

21. They help people grow better (5,7)

Down

1. Song part here distributed to an office worker (12) 2. Also comes to nothing (3) 3. She and men get involved and become engaged! (6) 4. He gets what’s coming to him (9)

5. Yet quoted as odds (5) 6. Swiss cantons, for example? (7,5)

7. Blush when attacked by a bull (5)

10. Use face strain to attract (9)

13. I am a long time getting the likeness (5)

14. Emotion felt when it appears to give you a break? (6)

16. Come in and start the entertainment (5)

20. The whole world finds it illuminating (3)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Quibbling (12) 7. Hail (5) 8. Vagrant (5) 9. Before (3) 10. Defender (9) 11. Not certain (6) 12. End (6) 15. Distress (9) 17. Prohibition (3) 18. String (5) 19. Bend (5) 21. Untimely (12)

Down

1. Indispensable condition (12)

2. Wrath (3)

3. Choice (6)

4. Assembly (9)

5. Respond to stimulus (5) 6. Fearful (12)

7. Conjecture (5)

10. Keep on striving (9) 13. Tinge deeply (5) 14. Athletics implement (6) 16. Pretend (5)

20. Manage (3)