SUNDAY TIMES 4509

[BOB1957]

22 ACROSS - Regularly issued arrest warrant, lacking intial restraint (9) r*t*c*n*e. (reticence??)

16 DOWN - A child, almost completely offensive (8) *e*s*n*l (personal??)

[Lie-in King]

22a Yes, 'Reticence' - regular letters of 'aRrEsT' + '(l)icence'
16d Yes, 'Personal' - 'person' (child) + 'al(l)'

[kayakamina]

Per son al(l)

[BOB1957]

thanks lie-in king - your explanations are always helpful. ^_^

[Lie-in King]

Except I typed it wrongly - I did mean to parse as kayakamina did, honestly, I wasn't concentrating! :-)