The Scotsman

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

6. Hurried to pillage and search for plunder (7) 7. Drive a mile, maybe, round the capital of Poland (5) 9. See 21 Across 10. Conclusion about a listener arousing affection (9) 12. It is charged for at the current rate (11) 15. Do these advertisin­g workers indulge in plagiarism? (11) 17. A little piece to play when one gets a cue (9) 19. Prefer the first of the Prophets in the Old Testament (3) 21 and 9Ac. Don't reveal the time of life for insurance protection (8) 22. Gossip circle can get heated (3,4)

Down

1. Where firing takes place, with or without guns (5) 2. Keep quiet under a tree (3) 3. Physical examinatio­n is almost deficient (4) 4. Offence of trying to influence a jury – by giving them a hug? (9) 5. Join up again when the retinue is dispersed (7) 8. It's not revealed by this sort of agent (6) 11. Young members of the same cast? (9) 13. Produces a bullock, we hear, and cuts it up (6) 14. It goes round and round the other way (7) 16. Goes over distances of nine inches (5) 18. Metal guide (4) 20. Small fish to prepare for the table (3)

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