yword CrypQuick #19

yword crypquick · by moody · · 13×13

send the game's link to anyone you want to solve with: you'll see each other's letters appear as you type. or just solve it on your own. no account needed.

Across clues are cryptic. Down clues are quick.

across

  1. 1Laypeople, church elders, curates initially join company to feel smug (11)
  2. 8Mastering knowledge (8)
  3. 9Raise a bum (4)
  4. 10One of Hanks, Holland or Hardy, say, to get the tiniest part (4)
  5. 11Extend gag after twist ending (7)
  6. 13Basic support is sought by agitated, late man (11)
  7. 15Dave crashed car becoming corpse (7)
  8. 17Naughty message implicates old flame in heartless spat (4)
  9. 20Achievement is found in life attainments (4)
  10. 21Dutiful Biden is confused by first signs of obvious electoral trickery (8)
  11. 22Plant diseases disrupted by garden tool leading to signs of stopping (5,6)

down

  1. 224th Greek letter (5)
  2. 3Filch (7)
  3. 4LSD (4)
  4. 5Decade of New Romanticism, the Poll Tax and the fall of the Berlin Wall (8)
  5. 6Swear – hex (5)
  6. 7Scamp (6)
  7. 12Social media platform (8)
  8. 13Defective (6)
  9. 14Foot jewellery (3,4)
  10. 16Tom Hanks, Tom Holland or Tom Hardy, for instance (5)
  11. 18Principle – Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller (5)
  12. 19Offload for a price (4)

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