24 June 2021

Crossword by Boffles

No.285

Across

    1  Fleece seeker’s crew (9)

    6  Impost strain (3)

    8  Artist serious-minded but no A & E (5)

    9  Things out of the ordinary (7)

  10  Classically untrustworthy donors (6)

  12  Quit somewhere in Dalmatia (5)

  13  Fuzzy force (6)

  14  Takes all under our system (6)

  16  Smallest part of one’s image (5)

  17  Batsman sought when the beer is bottled (6)

  19  Bounder expires on the golf course? (7)

  20  Small mammal sounding like tall shelves (5)

  21  Beveridge creation (3)

  22  Goods shipped in and out again (2-7)

 

Down

    1  Highest point made by unknown primate (4)

    2  Mass move to the exit led by military man (7,6)

    3  Successfully obtain after deductions (3)

    4  Anxiety created by international body relaxation (6)

    5  Timber North Britons yearn for (5,4)

    6  Hit and miss way of experimenting (5,3,5)

    7  Unknown multiple gives that something extra (1,6)

  11  ‘A banner with the strange device, ………!’ Longfellow (9)

  13  Celeb but what has happened to Mom? (3,4)

  15  Part of ship where the language can be salty (6)

  18  River shelters American bullock (4)

  20  Very fashionable but often requiring replacement (3)