Difficulty: med-easy
Across
5. It may be cut and pickled
Caper [double def.]: A caper is a pickled flower bud of the caper bush, and to cut a caper (or just to caper) is to frolic and dance about.
21. Little swimmer that can also do the crawl?
Eft [cryptic]: A newt is also called an eft during its terrestrial juvenile phase. A newt is amphibious and can both swim and crawl on land.
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3. Cattle without water
Neat [double def.]: a bovine (cow) is also called a "neat". I didn't know that, though I've heard of neat's leather. And a "neat" drink has no water added.
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