daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Aside from watching (11) 9 Scrap an out-of-date golf club (3,4) 10 Hunts - with success seemingly! (5) 11 Dining room offers hash (4) 12 He may cut a fine figure (8) 14 Sudden invasion in a state of change (6) 16 Don’t go out to get new points (4,2) 18 Maximum charge for conveyance (4,4) 19 As a container it can’t be beaten (4) 22 Vessel designed to sink itself and others (1-4) 23 The girl turns paler (7) 24 This order won’t require attention (5,2,4)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 A test of public’s views (7,4) 9 Exist longer than (7) 10 Suspenseful event (5) 11 Morally base (4) 12 Not of central importance (8) 14 Supporting beam in roof (6) 16 Scarcity (6) 18 Conventional (8) 19 A fortified wine (4) 22 Ransack with intent to steal (5) 23 High spirits (7) 24 To stall (4,3,4) DOWN 2 Part of flower’s corolla (5) 3 Undiluted (4) 4 Expenditure (6) 5 Genealogical table (8) 6 Pupil (7) 7 Show wild enthusiasm (2,9) 8 Be in control (4,3,4) 13 A return to health (8) 15 Decisive (7) 17 Woman’s short open jacket (6) 20 Widespread dislike (5) 21 Manner of walking (4)

DOWN 2 Waits while one’s bed is made up (5) 3 Get money for work in vessel so it’s said (4) 4 The city is very nice without its railway (6) 5 Agency typist departed - it’s the pattern (8) 6 Excel in public work (7) 7 From the French as it should be (5,2,4) 8 No more stars for night watchmen (11) 13 Loaded statement? (8) 15 Drop in radioactivity? (7) 17 Hilda unsettled by a bloomer (6) 20 The pay for judges? (5) 21 Illness makes the French leave the league (4)