CHALLENGE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Frustrated; that’s what a mule is (7)

4 Those reformed show spirit (5)

7 Send out results (4)

8 Put out of one’s mind? (8)

10 It’s present in a constantly recurring form (10)

12 After hash it’s time for soup (6)

13 Eccentric space-traveller (6)

15 One without real authority led the way at sea (10)

18 His paper is turned to stone (8)

19 Lightning? Run! (4)

20 Light beam that’s very strong (5)

21 May take a joke in dignity (7)

DOWN

1 Inexpensive variety of peach (5)

2 Cast out bread that’s hard (8)

3 Scarcity of thread perhaps (6)

4 Finished full of wrath and in jeopardy (10)

5 American name for a coil of yarn (4)

6 A cider’s mixed in a cocktail (7)

9 Brilliant winner of the angling contest? (10)

11 Liberal one urges reform (8)

12 Reading could give us unending pleasure (7)

14 Enough to prevent parting without meeting (6)

16 Sailor’s musical box? (5)

17 A composition of spilled soup (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Something done for effect (7)

4 Blank book for photographs (5)

7 Prolonged labour (4)

8 Demagogue (8)

10 Very dark (5-5)

12 Undertake (6)

13 A long way (3,3)

15 Causing great tension (4-6)

18 Inventive (8)

19 Completely destroy (4)

20 Used up (5)

21 Directly stated (7)

DOWN

1 To rise (3,2)

2 Playful (8)

3 Overwhelm (6)

4 Dictatorial (10)

5 Object of ridicule (4)

6 Quicksilver (7)

9 Hitchhike (5,1,4)

11 Bring into operation (8)

12 Puzzled (2,1,4)

14 Sordid goings-on (6)

16 Conjecture (5)

17 To instance (4)