the crosswords

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Powerless supporter of modern sport (4-6) 8 Refuse holder a turn in the game (5) 9 Frank article written by G B Shaw (7) 10 Feel one has cups set wrongly (7) 11 Not flush but accepted by the social clique (5) 12 Figures I spoil the games (6) 14 The principal can make a good man turn pale (6) 17 Got down to making a proposal? (5) 19 Slip out of gear (7) 21 Get hint about contract (7) 22 Foreigners lack initial rights (5) 23 Nominally it forms a loose attachment (3-2,5) DOWN 2 Is a name recollectable? Not with this (7) 3 Shakespeare’s theatre in the round? (5) 4 Discover and pass up a note (6) 5 He gives oral examinations (7) 6 Tracks of birds (5) 7 They take orders from anybody (10) 8 Bills of fare (3,7) 13 Give claim to name (7) 15 Have everybody behind you (7) 16 Hand over and retire (4,2) 18 Those in a row disturbed the GI (5) 20 Widespread issue of currency (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Sternly frank critic (5,5) 8 Supremely excellent (5) 9 A speech impediment (7) 10 Put into confusion (7) 11 Orderly succession (5) 12 Shocked (6) 14 Deliver a sermon (6) 17 Recurrent round (5) 19 Design style of 1920s and 1930s (3,4) 21 Interpretation (7) 22 Workers’ association (5) 23 Having widely divergent opinions (5,5) DOWN 2 Dig up (7) 3 Punctuation mark (5) 4 Out of sight (6) 5 Untidy accumulation (7) 6 An accessory (5) 7 Coiled brass wind instrument (6,4) 8 Maize (6,4) 13 Particularly good (7) 15 Artist’s studio (7) 16 River sacred to Hindus (6) 18 Painful muscular contraction (5) 20 Heavy blow (5)