Simply Daily Puzzles

Coffee Break Cryptic


28 July



Across

Lay hold of a fly in the ointment (5)
Simple scheme takes in upright character (5)
Green bin put out for novice (8)
Who means to reveal where the heart is? (4)
Song in church that man heard (4)
10 Beef and dumplings may be agitated (2,1,4)
12 Kitchen utensil possibly making large crisps (6,5)
14 Full array one's missing in piano work (7)
16 Being taken advantage of isn't new (4)
19 Prepare to publish some printed items (4)
20 Impractical type thought to lean (8)
21 Valuable old violin returned for local game (5)
22 Fruit among nuts (5)

Down

Means of payment, we hear, for a European (5)
Comparatively smart tool (7)
Suspended old invader? Good! (4)
Clergyman on left pinches vegetables (8)
Cricket prize left after fire? (5)
Anaesthetics 1, 2, 3, 4 ... ? (7)
11 House in south for criminals (8)
12 Given protection, being cautious (7)
13 Letter from Greece making one's lip quiver (7)
15 Harry of Hogwarts ignoring first animal (5)
17 Police officers need company for dance (5)
18 Number of sheets — about a thousand? (4)