DOUBLE CROSSWORD

Cryptic Clues:

Across

7. He’ll note place for reordering a ring! (9,4) 8. Pure description of a double-blank domino (8)

9. Part of a useful name for the forearm (4)

10. Shortage of tangled thread (6)

12. The science of dealing with pupils? (6)

14. Make improvements about the bench (6)

16. Leave the pudding, we hear (6)

18 & 4Dn. Promise to donate a single weapon (4,4,4)

20. Form a line and cause a disturbance (4,1,3)

22. Assisting after a short time to provide extra food (6,7)

Down

1. Fixed part for a fireworks display (3,5)

2. One examines a canopy (6)

3. It’s little more than a foot long (4)

4. See 18 Across

5. Discharge an account and leave (6)

6. Diagram of vessel holding fifty (4)

11. Domestic servant, we hear, not having come from a factory (8)

13. There’s nothing in the boxes but drawings (8)

15. He’s in charge of the sprites from Borneo (6)

17. Impressions of corresponding significance (6)

19. One endlessly cherished conception (4)

21. It’s like diverting a European canal (4)

Quick Clues:

Across

7. Testing place (7,6)

8. Dagger (8)

9. Artifice (4)

10. Vocation (6)

12. Ditch (6)

14. Standing (6)

16. Accidental (6)

18. Swimming pool (4)

20. Shy (8)

22. A butt of jokes (8,5)

Down

1. Lengthen (8)

2. Develop (6)

3. Biting insect (4)

4. Sceptic (8) 5. Rough (6)

6. Responsibility (4)

11. Check (8) 13. Combine (8)

15. Channel (6)

17. Elf (6) 19. Persia (4)

21. Wise (4)

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