Two-In-One

No 4,231

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Remove dunderhead - he’s leaving! (4) 3 He sets 8 (heaps of them?) (8) 8 For once it’s the puzzler’s answer (4) 9 Wine passed round in instrument (8) 11 Unknown people enter and French disaffection results (12) 13 What the match needs is a stoppage (6) 14 Where to find a steady horse? (6) 17 Apathy during dispute (12) 20 Infuse dutch courage? (8) 21 Shout that the score is 100-100 (4) 22 Gave up the job, being submissive (8) 23 Advance a pound at last (4)

DOWN

1 Unfold? No make smaller (8) 2 Gambler’s agitation? (7) 4 Please by bursting boil, for example (6) 5 Imperious peer seen about Conservative MP (10) 6 Leonard is at home as Communist leader (5) 7 Tear round at speed (4) 10 Attack on defender in absence the referee wouldn’t stand for (10) 12 Revoked so sounded the bells again (8) 15 Dressing makes the orchestra older! (7) 16 The secretaries can’t skate here (6) 18 Concludes prognoses on facial projections (5) 19 One rank in a sortie resolves the problem (4)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Too (4) 3 Flogging (8) 8 Calm (4) 9 Killer (8) 11 Achieved (12) 13 Embrace (6) 14 Floor covering (6) 17 Peerless (6,2,4) 20 Disturbed (8) 21 Stronghold (4) 22 Scatter (8) 23 Repair (4)

DOWN

1 League (8) 2 Joined together (7) 4 Bustle (6) 5 Devastates (5,5) 6 Result (5) 7 Band of criminals (4) 10 Improve (10) 12 Vouched for (8) 15 Suggest (7) 16 Vipers (6) 18 Goes out (5) 19 Attack (4)