Two-In-One

No 4,407

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

4 Rushed to the bag to search it (7) 8 It doesn’t describe the present schoolboy (6) 9 Once more a good man is in opposition (7)

10 A drink at the

hospital (6)

11 Item for

reflection (6)

12 Order a

sweet (5,3)

18 Blocking - the

road? (2,3,3)

20 I smoke a strange mixture, being a northerner (6) 21 Seat is prepared for a snooze after lunch (6)

22 It’s useless shielding a bad crook (7)

23 Licence to let (6) 24 Main roads? (7)

DOWN

1 An expedient for a dentist? (4-3) 2 It’s used by those wishing to secure temporary accommodation (3,4)

3 A sign of cold, perhaps (6) 5 You may win one on points (8) 6 They control runners in winter sports (6)

7 It’s regular trade practice (6)

13 In a convent it gives preferential treatment (8)

14 Most woebegone

pair? (7)

15 Succession of monarchs who came to an unpleasant end (7) 16 Have ambitions for a high place in the church? (6) 17 The pattern of old

China (6)

19 A little lower, if

here perhaps (6)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

4 Compel by

harshness (7)

8 Awakened (6)

9 Alms (7)

10 Substance (6)

11 Self-possession (6) 12 Horseman (8)

18 Sham (8)

20 Victor (6)

21 Look at (6)

22 Mollify (7)

23 Dream (6)

24 Encounter (7)

DOWN

1 Facial contortion (7) 2 Stealthy (7)

3 Disclose (6)

5 Practise (8)

6 Corrupt (6)

7 Punctually (2,4)

13 Incarcerate (8)

14 Void (7)

15 Principal (7)

16 Uncomplicated (6) 17 Inject (6)

19 Proposition (6)

YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION

Across: 1 Magic Square; 9 Inn; 10 Frightful; 11 Hewer; 13 Hard set; 14 Idlers; 16 Settle; 18 Gypsies; 19 Top up; 20 Low return; 21 Dog; 22 Prospecting. Down: 2 Awn; 3 Infer; 4 Slight; 5 Unhorse; 6 Refuse tip; 7 Nightingale; 8 Clothes pegs; 12 Willpower; 15 Raiders; 17 Assume; 19 Tenet; 21 Don.

YESTERDAY’S SIMPLE SOLUTION

Across: 1 Change hands; 9 Axe; 10 Simpleton; 11 Dusky; 13 Spinate; 14 Employ; 16 Beat up; 18 Relieve; 19 Order; 20 Emanating; 21 Act; 22 Startlingly. Down: 2 Hue; 3 Nasty; 4 Enmesh; 5 All-wise; 6 Detracted; 7 Hard-hearted; 8 Intemperate; 12 Suppliant; 15 Open-air; 17 Venial; 19 Organ; 21 All.