Daily crossword

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Impasse (9)

8 Possess (3)

9 Stub (11)

11 Bears (7)

12 Angry (5)

13 Tallied (6)

15 Chant (6)

17 Gold or silver lace

(5)

18 Resolute (7)

20 Futility (11)

22 Beat (3)

23 Girl in charge of

child (9)

Down

2 Also (3)

3 Come in (5)

4 Stop (6)

5 Wear (7)

6 Work together (11)

7 Increase (9)

10 Subterranean (11)

11 Vaporize (9)

14 Oriental (7)

16 Rush (6)

19 Passage (5)

21 Snow runner (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Mischievous adventures with publicity in getaways (9)

8 Employ some housesurgeons (3)

9 Unusual party with atmosphere getting thinner (11)

11 Say fist will prove adequate (7)

12 Back part of fork is neither strong nor pliable (5)

13 Short bar put round (6) 15 A trend to be fiery (6) 17 Stone with relief turned up on ring (5)

18 Suddenly rolled to see hothead curled round (7) 20 Fetch her - not from that time on (11)

22 Fabulous bird is nothing in church (3)

23 Three feet at a time near the compound (2,3,4)

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2 It's bewildering with all at it (3)

3 Swells up evidently from smoking (5)

4 Yes, cad does get more and more rotten (6)

5 Does one slide about in such footwear? (7)

6 Mingle - she's worth hurrying for, apparently (3,8)

7 Happy to carry little weight indeed! (9)

10 When the contestants meet again, is it a case of marriage on the rebound? (6,5)

11 They are looking for bowmen from the southeast (9)

14 Saying is in favour of part of speech (7)

16 Bring to light that 100 lie about it (6)

19 Ransack for a weapon (5) 21 Something to put on the road - a sailor on his head! (3)