THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Sporting fish seen around Noah’s ship (7)

4 Strolling player from Scotland (5)

7 Marine feature which may be permanent (4) 8 A train driver (8)

10 Vegetarian fare for an athlete? (6,4)

12 US port in a state of inactivity (6)

13 Possibly alerts to changes (6)

15 Openly enjoying a stay in the country? (7,3) 18 Ugly in an awkward way (8)

19 Heap of carpets (4)

20 A trap set outside a second time (5)

21 Hair style on the beach (7)

DOWN

1 Become less neat (5)

2 Very hungry creature that flies round the States (8)

3 Not too clean, like a caterpillar’s young? (6)

4 The kind of wind that is generally expected (10)

5 Look for an equal (4)

6 Variety of red rose seen in church (7) 9 Flags put out in honour of a brave man (10)

11 Beginning to be seemly (8)

12 On reflection, a must as a fruit (7) 14 Times of enchantment (6)

16 The main idea of work, perhaps (5) 17 Where to see the Taj Mahal in a gracious setting (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Ancient form of paper (7) 4 Funny (5)

7 Sicilian volcano (4) 8 Reject (4,4)

10 Lasting only briefly (5-5) 12 To exile (6)

13 Straight man (6)

15 Brawl (4-3-3) 18 Deliberate damage (8) 19 Untamed (4) 20 Correspond (5)

21 Love story (7)

DOWN

1 Harass (5)

2 Locate precisely (8) 3 Artist’s workroom (6) 4 Social custom (10) 5 Prevailing attitude (4) 6 Condemn sternly (7) 9 Without interruption (2,1,7) 11 A calling (8)

12 Flowers on fruit trees (7) 14 Accounts book (6) 16 Deep-bowled spoon (5) 17 Encourage to do wrong (4)