Two-In-One CRYPTIC CLUES

No 4,186

ACROSS

1 Cut the corner? (6) 4 As drunk as a herring! (6) 9 Could they be hardfought sewing contests? (6-7) 10 Organise a place for firing practice, we hear (7) 11 One has a nose for this (5) 12 Light meal container required about the end of the afternoon (5) 14 Transport by sea is a matter of skill (5) 18 This peg is fixed in the window elsewhere (5) 19 Where Arthur arrived with many

more (7) 21 This provides solidity for one on the way to the bank (8-5) 22 Famous seaman shows a hold one can’t escape from (6) 23 Twists and relaxes, we hear (6)

DOWN

1 The sort of weight for cock-fighting? (6) 2 It’s enough to drive you round the bend! (8-5) 3 Stop and pass on (5) 5 Exit in the open air (7) 6 They help to fill up a form at the same time (6-7) 7 Make an unauthorised departure in a private capacity! (6) 8 Brown figure without a head (5) 13 Extempore song and a variety of plays taken in by the company (7) 15 Describing the strong favourite ‘Rum Boy’ (4,2) 16 Street contains one bin - hardly enough (5) 17 Aquatic creatures made to rest (6) 20 A man of endless wretchedness (5)

SIMPLE CLUES

ACROSS

1 Founding (6) 4 Fit (6) 9 Discomfiture (13) 10 Right (7) 11 Banish (5) 12 Impediment (5) 14 Blemish (5) 18 Intelligence (5) 19 Take out (7) 21 Prosaic (13) 22 Give (6) 23 Made smooth (6)

DOWN

1 Rupture (6) 2 Inferiority (13) 3 Cherish (5) 5 Esteem (7) 6 Rainfall (13) 7 Decaying (6) 8 Offensive (5) 13 Touch (7) 15 Ridiculous (6) 16 Send (5) 17 Be present (6) 20 Track (5)