daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Rocks are dislodged - revealing frogs? (8) 5 Request a piece of apple a day (4) 9 The way to beat an egghead (5) 10 Countryman gives vegetables to a worker (7) 11 You and Eve (6,6) 13 Pieces of eight (6) 14 Goes for spin and breaks left wrist (6) 17 They take interest in their work (12) 20 Love of two churches (7) 21 Table of contents gets Enid upset and cross (5) 22 A boy naturally opposed to the current trend (4) 23 Broken leg is set by linesmen (8) DOWN 1 Make trivial complaint about vehicle parking (4) 2 Work socially acceptable advanced as posh (7) 3 Don’t give up working as a judge (4,2,6) 4 They’re very fast but may be shot (6) 6 Live wires taken on stage perhaps (5) 7 Stagger - a lot of weight is in the wood (8) 8 Second anniversary of a press union? (5,7) 12 Traffic force includes thousands (8) 15 Fresh red rose at the back of the altar (7) 16 Rice for example eaten for breakfast (6) 18 Agree about mother being domestically unsettled (5) 19 A number overturned an alliance (4)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 Smarmy (8) 5 Concept (4) 9 Group of similar species (5) 10 Blasphemous (7) 11 Intimate conversation (5-2-5) 13 Free from an obligation (6) 14 Inequitable (6) 17 Predicament (6,2,4) 20 On the way (2,5) 21 Sphere (5) 22 Fall slowly downwards (4) 23 An inherent capacity (8) DOWN 1 Advocate strongly (4) 2 Acknowledge grudgingly (7) 3 Lacking good moral principles (12) 4 Presumptuous (6) 6 Series of tense events (5) 7 An opening (8) 8 No alternative (7,3,2) 12 A self-indulgent liking (8) 15 Decline to use one’s vote (7) 16 Having grave demeanour (6) 18 Italian city (5) 19 Leave undone (4)