daily double

the hard way ACROSS 1 Noticing nothing odd in disguise ( 9) 8 Small part of stone carving ( 5) 9 High in graceful elegance but low in cunning ( 7) 10 It may be pointed out in the desert ( 6) 11 Understand woodcutter made playground equipment ( 6) 12 Just as bad as one who doesn’t gamble ( 2,6) 15 Involved in a score or film story ( 8) 18 Continue being eager to hold work back ( 4, 2) 20 Coaches may turn to rust ( 6) 21 Master takes female, 50, in marriage ( 7) 22 Monsters back among the grosser goblins ( 5) 23 Fatigue confuses both residents and dissenter ( 9) DOWN 2 One is unusually sound ( 5) 3 Possibly low, his description of a wise bird? ( 6) 4 A man of property perhaps, but not for long ( 3,5) 5 It shows the quality of petrol at once, possibly ( 6) 6 Employ someone else as a model ( 7) 7 Force one to study music ( 9) 11 Feeling one isn’t as confused ( 9) 13 Libel judge may hear it but it’s usually shelved ( 8) 14 Court cards? ( 7) 16 Stop a criminal proceeding? ( 6) 17 Many a charge put on a member ( 6) 19 Not rounds used in an erratic salvo ( 5)

the easy way ACROSS 1 Be assiduously careful ( 4, 5) 8 Bushed ( 3, 2) 9 Larva of frog ( 7) 10 Tenuous ( 6) 11 Supremely courageous ( 6) 12 Follower ( 8) 15 Unequalled ( 8) 18 Rough and husky ( 6) 20 Dependable ( 6) 21 In a perfect world ( 7) 22 Sequence ( 5) 23 Lasting for short time only ( 9) DOWN 2 Let up ( 5) 3 Make use of ( 6) 4 Assign ( 8) 5 Greet ( 6) 6 Untidy accumulation ( 7) 7 Low voice ( 9) 11 Controversial matter ( 3,6) 13 Kept from public knowledge ( 6, 2) 14 Careful reading ( 7) 16 Dormant ( 6) 17 Eastern market ( 6) 19 Of the sun ( 5)