the crosswords
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 How road travellers go, incidentally (2,3,3) 5 Surrounded by a shadowy reflection (4) 9 Fish bait (5) 10 Where people are following their convictions (7) 11 The family’s failure makes a wretched story (4,8) 13 Offender removed by decree (6) 14 Grow a vegetable (6) 17 Flags on the street (6,6) 20 The peace subsequently includes the French (7) 21 Silly girl that is going out (5) 22 A board transaction (4) 23 Gets gas, starts reeling giddily and walks unsteadily (8)
DOWN
1 Beat the unbeatable (4) 2 Produce result (4,3) 3 Doing someone a good turn perhaps (12) 4 Fruit drinks very quietly brought in (6) 6 Mario becomes a New Zealander (5) 7 Is untied maybe and split (8) 8 Having no like? (12) 12 Made up to appear calm (8) 15 Cut and run (7) 16 Maintain a lock up (6) 18 Criminal not in the house? (5) 19 Joins up four points (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Representative (8) 5 Large branch of tree (4) 9 Smelling stale (5) 10 Wool grease (7) 11 Remain self-possessed (4,4,4) 13 Cite as evidence (6) 14 Loose from moorings (6) 17 Supplied in excess (12) 20 Rashly impetuous person (7) 21 Glowing fragment (5) 22 Feign (4) 23 Belgian capital (8)
DOWN
1 Identical (4) 2 Crime (7) 3 Ancient Panhellenic festival (7,5) 4 Away from the coast (6) 6 Eskimo snow house (5) 7 Platitude (8) 8 Partiality (3-9) 12 Protective overshoes (8) 15 Base (7) 16 Malicious homicide (6) 18 Additional (5) 19 Weapons (4)