the crosswords
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 A show of hands too soon or too late (5,4) 8 With us tea turns out to be fried (5) 9 They see that their papers are in order (7) 10 Man goes to the Spanish place of worship (6) 11 Read of new form of capital investment (6) 12 Doctor making a confession for a death at sea (8) 15 Talk with others having an opposite view? (8) 18 Island colonist (6) 20 A note sent out by representatives (6) 21 The late converted into the quick? (7) 22 Fruit lose heart when cook uses it (5) 23 The kind of vehicle likely to display the mark of accident? (6,3)
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2 From an old timer I’d get a wrinkle (5) 3 Thought it would be in time (6) 4 Ring fighter (8) 5 Shun and finally cut (6) 6 Fruitful source of fairy tale transport (7) 7 Dangerous indications (3,6) 11 Yet it may mean a slender hope (3,6) 13 One who makes the right connections for a surgeon (8) 14 It’s near breaking up and showing distress (2,5) 16 Goes in, or goes in for (6) 17 Forms of fungi (6) 19 A bit above a walk-on part? (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Ancient Greek philosopher (9) 8 Knock down (5) 9 Knotty (7) 10 Relative importance (6) 11 Fashionably elegant (6) 12 Quick inspection (4-4) 15 Movingly expressive (8) 18 Brief violent storm (6) 20 Reprimand (6) 21 Valiant (7) 22 Blaspheme (5) 23 Original model (9)
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2 Take up again (5) 3 Run aground (6) 4 Individually (3,2,3) 5 Decadent (6) 6 To pardon (7) 7 Brotherly (9) 11 Distract from main subject (9) 13 Silence by interruption (3,5) 14 To shell (7) 16 Maintenance (6) 17 Funds assigned to a purpose (6) 19 Slacken (3,2)