Across down

1 Fewest; Extract metal from ore

2 Implied

3 Grating sound of a hinge; Nation, country

4 Give as good as you get

5 Instrument used in Indian music;

Ball-shaped

6 ‘My word is my _ _ _’; Assert

7 Electrically charged particle

8 Nephew’s sister; _ _ _ up, adult

9 Let (things) slide

10 Made quiet; Repeated

pattern of sounds

11 Unfriendly stare

12 Form; Underwear

13 Injurious

14 Cast out; Acknowledge

15 Rend, tear

16 Standard or customary behaviour;

Optical device

17 Contest for cowboys; Arm’s sharp bend

18 Truculent

19 Nimbus or cumulus, eg; Shiny fabric

20 Part of the face

21 Use one’s voice; Privet barrier

A Not vetted

B Insect with large pincers; Bob or

bounce along

C Scottish Highland loch; Watched

D Sacred Egyptian beetle; Cloud of dust

and gas in space

E Oil distilled from petroleum; Having

skin designs

F Hemmed

G Running wild; Bright red colour

H House-letting contract

I Self-appointed law enforcer; Clone

J Salad plant used as a garnish

K Power, might; Miserly behaviour

L Heavenly body; Political corruption

M Greatest amount; Capital of Peru

N Dormant, concealed; Putting seeds

into the ground

O Rancour