daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Arranging a grant - or too proud? (8) 5 Container for a suit (4) 9 An attachment to boot (5) 10 Rushing madly in great confusion (7) 11 A great parson; unorthodox but acceptable (7,5) 13 Sort of pastry consumed to spoil the appetite (3,3) 14 Squirm and turn whiter (6) 17 Maybe a paper is torn making them (12) 20 Beg for something nice to follow in French (7) 21 She’s precise about one point (5) 22 Toy that gives you endless repetition (2-2) 23 Worship of images adroitly modified (8)

DOWN 1 Beaten by a single stroke (4) 2 Monastery bugle call? (7) 3 Lower gas fast making a drink (5,2,5) 4 Observing it’s a dumbbell? (6) 6 Tina set up with a new name (5) 7 Deeply impressed with a tomb in final setting (8) 8 A single grand commotion could be a warning (6,6) 12 A stroke of the worst misfortune? (8) 15 An outside line to ring (7) 16 Left divided (6) 18 Way in for all competitors (5) 19 Fed up youth begins to resist (4)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 Worse fortune than is deserved (4,4) 5 Blow with open hand (4) 9 Have relevance (5) 10 Gruesome (7) 11 Fiercely with all available means (5,3,4) 13 Excursion (6) 14 Pleasantly diverted (6) 17 Be the deciding factor (3,3,6) 20 Handcuff (7) 21 Awry (5) 22 Story (4) 23 Beat with a heavy club (8)

DOWN 1 Stack (4) 2 Harmonious relationship (7) 3 Flatter grossly (3,2,2,5) 4 Fight against (6) 6 North African country (5) 7 Make impossible (8) 8 An Oscar (7,5) 12 Utter disdain (8) 15 Small spot (7) 16 Too (2,4) 18 Punitive (5) 19 Long-necked waterbird (4)