LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 7 Light infantry; 8 Liberate; 9 Oath; 10 Stitch; 12 Armada; 14 Craven; 16 Lethal; 18 Bass; 20 Marigold; 22 Laughing stock.

Down: 1 Minister; 2 Threat; 3 Pisa; 4 After all; 5 Inform; 6 Brat; 11 Handmaid; 13 Deadlock; 15 Visage; 17 Tights; 19 Away; 21 Rage.

Quick: Across: 7 Comprehension; 8 Splinter; 9 Earn; 10 Static; 12 Answer; 14 Prison; 16 Hearth; 18 Stir; 20 Entering; 22 Indispensable.

Down: 1 Computer; 2 Sprint; 3 Deft; 4 Reproach; 5 Assess; 6 Poor; 11 Contempt; 13 Entangle; 15 Strain; 17 Abroad; 19 Tine; 21 Tang. CODEWORD: 1=U, 2=I, 3=Z, 4=S, 5=V, 6=W, 7=H, 8=X, 9=J, 10=R, 11=P, 12=F, 13=O, 14=A, 15=N, 16=L, 17=D, 18=T, 19=C, 20=M, 21=E, 22=Y, 23=K, 24=G, 25=Q, 26=B.

WORD WHEEL: INFLAMING.