CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

7 Half the chairs repeatedly removed during dance (3-3) 8 Actors moved to Peru (6) 9 Set up group of learners (4) 10 Want to remain outside very much involved (4-4) 11 Second-placed rock circuit (11) 14 Spy orange so bad at cheap eatery (6,5) 18 Consider right in a minute, perhaps (8) 19 An Exocet steers back in (4) 20 Group of words comes apart, we hear (6) 21 Spotted one in game – it creates a knock-on effect (6)

DOWN

1 2 3 Inveterate Swindle Oil-carrier rascal record taken endlessly off dropped river (6) (4) foreign article (7) 4 5 Still Iced relaxed gingerbread (2,4) biscuit needed for chilly spell (4,4) 6 Look at pair involved in shopping trip (5) 12 Chaste woman loses one pound (8) 13 Small company I need to distribute painkiller (7) 15 A bachelor Edward calmed down (6)

16 End piece of toy slide loosens and gives way (6) 17 Should get tough when beaten (5) 19 Goths miss regular resistance (4)