Complete Clue List
Across
3. "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" Winston Churchill, 1940 (init., 3)
6. 6A + 17D: Very kind; as ____ as a ____ (1st word, 6)
7. As solid as a ____ (4)
8. As springy as this frizzy hairdo (4)
9. "____ is like a fan, and why? 'Twill flutter when a beau is nigh" (1,5)
10. As ____ as a kitten's tongue (5)
12. As ____ as a judge (5)
16. "A man too busy to take care of his ____ is like a mechanic too busy to look after his tools" (6)
18. 18A + 14D: As ____ as a bug in a ____ (1st word, 4)
20. "____ as a summer sea" Louisa M. Alcott (4)
21. "____ as a new laid egg" Charles Dickens (6)
22. As blind as a ____ (3)
Down
1. As ____ as a post (4)
2. As ____ as an ox (6)
3. As ____ a cherry (3,2)
4. As ____ as a bird (4)
5. As ____ as hen's teeth (6)
8. Like a breath of fresh ____ (3)
11. "Old ____ are like old bonnets: they ought to be remodelled, retrimmed from time to time" (6)
13. "Enough already!" (2,4)
14. 18A + 14D: As ____ as a bug in a ____ (2nd word, 3)
15. As white as a ____ (5)
17. 6A + 17D: Very kind; as ____ as a ____ (2nd word, 4)
19. ____ no good (2,2)