daily double

ACROSS

1 Stemming a disconcerting attraction ( 9) 8 Agree to be enthusiastic ( 5) 9 Hurry to pull out the plug? ( 7) 10 Still a cause of poor reception ( 6) 11 Many of us live in this sort of way ( 6) 12 They evaluate any salts in a mixture ( 8) 15 Attention shown without hesitation in a trial ( 8) 18 One is against another football team ( 6) 20 The academic field ( 6) 21 Sharing out a bit of parsley perhaps ( 7) 22 Faculty for sound judgment ( 5) 23 How sly all may appear superficially ( 9)

DOWN

ACROSS

1 Country of northern Europe ( 9) 8 Item of bric- a- brac ( 5) 9 Become unduly prominent ( 7) 10 To rumple ( 6) 11 Any plant of pea family ( 6) 12 Stupid person ( 8) 15 Blameless ( 8) 18 Keen insight ( 6) 20 Baby ( 6) 21 Deny ( 7) 22 Coolness in danger ( 5) 23 Take no action on a matter ( 3,2,4)

DOWN

2 Tinge deeply ( 5) 3 Short of money ( 4,2) 4 A ceremonial interview ( 8) 5 To the other side ( 6) 6 Renew one’s knowledge of ( 5,2) 7 Confess everything ( 4,5) 11 US state on Gulf of Mexico ( 9) 13 Spy, shot in France 1917 ( 4,4) 14 Unvarying ( 7) 16 Revoke ( 6) 17 English painter 1775- 1851 ( 6) 19 Large African antelope ( 5) 2 Charm going topless at fashionable race meeting ( 5) 3 Mace bearer? ( 6) 4 High romance? ( 4,4) 5 Crazy lament ( 6) 6 Conceit revealing vitality in troubled times ( 7) 7 I conspire to perfection ( 9) 11 Steps indoors ( 9) 13 Nevertheless is not to be satisfied with just part ( 5, 3) 14 One stays with it ( 7) 16 Sure to change one’s ways ( 6) 17 Incline towards a simple building ( 4- 2) 19 Artist can’t make a self- portrait without it ( 5)