Crossword

Across

1 Reference book (13) 8 Free (3) 9

Serve as a symbol for (9) 10 Very clean (8)

11 Telegram (4)

13 Let off the hook (6)

14 Inverted commas (6)

16 Macho man (4)

17 Disagrees with — crossbow bolts (8)

20 Vulgarity (9)

21 Eggs (3)

22 Nursery rhyme character

— Bill let you bet (anag)

(6,3,4)

Down

1 Gains by labour (5) 2 Established

rules for dealing with particular situations (4,2,7)

3 Lackadaisical (8) 4 Fight against (6) 5 Declare to be true (4) 6 Fixed and uncompromising (4,2,3,4) 7 Recasts (anag) — performer (7)

12 Second largest Channel Island (8)

13 Morally just (7) 15 Triumphantly effective (6) 18 No longer fresh (5) 19 Marine mammal (4)