Twinplex

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 See 10 Across 7 Part of the construction I considered to be of Greek origin (5) 8 Remove some of the charge to produce a flashy effect (7) 10 & 1Ac. What may be found at a bargain sale of brushes! (8,10) 11 The stronghold offered military resistance, we hear (4) 13 A container for a variety of cakes before tea (6) 15 Watch the teleprinter (6) 17 Country in which I didn’t dawdle (4) 18 This clue will give you some choice (8) 21 Lacking the potential to be famous (7) 22 Shackles used by those who wish to drive a long way (5) 23 In sleep etc. it could be a serious nuisance (10)

DOWN

1 Firing place a set distance from the target (5) 2 Make sense of French code (8) 3 Settlement only modified by the company (6) 4 Ophelia, Goneril and another Shakespearian character inside (4) 5 Radio set-up necessary for trawlermen? (7) 6 Sid coming back with a piece for biological analysis (10) 9 He has a life interest in his subject (10) 12 Splitting up a body of soldiers (8) 14 State affected by the French city in U.S. (7) 16 What the campanologist produces, we hear, to evoke sympathetic interest (6) 19 This holds the victim in fatal suspense (5) 20 Lend support to a speculative venture (4)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Price cuts (10) 7 Classical architectural order (5) 8 Mitigate (7) 10 Wide-ranging (8) 11 Castle (4)

13 Small chest (6) 15 Watch (6) 17 Country whose capital is Tehran (4)

18 Not compulsory (8) 21 Remarkable (7) 22 Fetters (5) 23 Disease (10)

DOWN

1 Shooting area (5) 2 Interpret (8) 3 Animal group (6) 4 Character from Othello (4) 5 Interconnected system (7) 6 Minute examination (10) 9 Botanist or zoologist (10) 12 Distribution (8) 14 US city (7) 16 Request (6) 19 Rope loop (5) 20 Assist (4)