Across
1
Writer’s right to take liberties (6,7)
8
Small lump, e.g. of butter (4)
9
Signal that danger has passed (3,5)
10
Unworldly academic’s dwelling? (5,5)
21
Politically unscrupulous, as in The Prince (13)
Down
2
Consumer of plants and animals (8)
5
Relative by marriage (2-3)
7
Show appreciation of (4)
11
Tree which may have white or pink flowers (8)
14
Small, walled-off part of a room (7)
16
Location of Lucknow and Bhopal (5)
17
It gets wetter as it dries (5)
18
Queen of the Olympian gods (4)