CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

7 Advice to start eating a boiled egg? (3,8) 8 Entering pool, it resembles some measures of liquid (6) 9 Penchant for Long Island leader (6) 10 Foul appearance makes us single (8) 11 An island heaven, it’s said (4) 12 Animal taking less than a full step (4) 14 Strange chaps, way back, had the leftovers (8) 17 Harass the man about to return deer (6) 19 Pair to eject author (6) 20 To become arid, reel off desperately (3,4,4)

DOWN

1 Looking to go back to fish (6) 2 Mixing the ingredients is stimulating (8) 3 Curly endive found when charge holds sir up (6) 4 Climbs to a hundred in auctions (6) 5 Material of the second kind (4) 6 In Copenhagen cyclists’ bureau (6) 11 Hurry up – use the escalator! (4,2,2) 13 Start playing with posh bloke, holding same points (3,3) 14 Frank and journalist began (6) 15 Padre arranged time to go (6) 16 Tuft of threads least woven around bottom of curtains (6) 18 Every so often keep ribs at the edge (4)

ACROSS QUICK CLUES

7 Flattering remarks (11) 8 Sum, quantity (6) 9 Arrangement (of a room) (6) 10 Ended, concluded (8) 11 Turn sharply (4) 12 Tense, nervous (4) 14 Means of transport (8) 17 Icy cold (6) 19 Severe in discipline (6) 20 Posture for sitting on the floor (5-6)

DOWN

1 Popular prawn dish (6) 2 Contaminating agent (8) 3 Hold tight (6) 4 Looked happy (6) 5 Merely, just (4) 6 Shrewd, wily (6) 11 Church house (8) 13 Non-stop (flight) (6) 14 Become invisible (6) 15 Presented (a TV show) (6) 16 Put (text) into cipher (6) 18 ___ lens, camera part (4)