Two-In-One

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

4 Bird of peace - the variety that’s cool to the end (7) 8 Muscular pains given by many slopes (6)

9 Girl at Number Five writes a little book (7)

10 Smooth guy - from Texas, perhaps? (6)

11 Chant like one after scrap metal (6)

12 Vessels that had some atmosphere about them (8)

18 The Colorado - not

the Volga (3,5)

20 Rascal I pursue

for sea-food (6)

21 Collision in the

billiard room (6) 22 Place to become a

beast (7)

23 Too pat a variety

of tuber (6)

24 Hit out and belted about a halfcentury (7)

DOWN

1 Student shows mark, takes in a little holiday (7) 2 Her sail is in tatters - she should use one of these to summon help (7) 3 A sensation - in the swimming pool, perhaps? (6) 5 I goes and gets twisted painful like (8) 6 Entertains and possibly cures (6) 7 In other words, it isn’t sea! (6)

13 Mad about equipment to bring water to the land (8)

14 Holiday ambition requiring turning out in the sunshine (4,3)

15 Metal bar for stern

rulers? (4,3)

16 Gathering of big fish - where 1 Dn. may be seen? (6) 17 Remains after the fire has died down (6)

19 Explanation about

an offspring (6)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

4 Valour (7) 8 Harmony (6) 9 Versus (7) 10 Summary (6) 11 Stable (6) 12 Distribute (5,3) 18 Goodbye (8) 20 Sickness (6) 21 Beat (6) 22 Even now (7) 23 Distant (6) 24 Moment (7)

DOWN

1 Surmise (7) 2 Generous (7) 3 Incentive (6)

5 Roll (8) 6 Concealed (6) 7 Dwell (6)

13 Now and again (3,3,2) 14 Demolish (7) 15 Warned (7) 16 Degraded (6) 17 Aver (6) 19 Rubber (6)