CRYPTICCROSSWORD

ACROSS:

Two doctors needed for unruly crowds (4) 3 Confessed and was allowed in (8) 8 He put two and two together and didn’t go under (4) 9 Old-fashioned, having had more boy-girl meetings (8) 11 Without any land for no good reason? (12) 13 Disposition of aunt changes again (6) 14 Waste time producing sweet (6) 17 Leave in mind for one section (12) 20 Director who is owed money ... (8) 21 ... is a bit of a temperamental sort, too (4) 22 Handed in notice without complaining (8) 23 Novice in pretty rough conditions (4)

DOWN:

1 Coping although the chap’s growing old (8) 2 Confirm wild animal escaped (4,3) 4 Somehow be loud twice (6) 5 Enticed sir into being unwary (10) 6 Full amount of small drink as a loss leader (5) 7 Extinct bird makes the party twice! (4) 10 Getting bigger by the addition of folds? (10) 12 You and I will have trouble getting rich (4-2-2) 15 Corpulent friend followed with deadly result (7) 16 Made great efforts to get voters out (6) 18 Makes the odds less rough? (5) 19 Race round tree (4)

Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: - 1 Switzerland. 9 Origami. 10 Gogol. 11 Disco. 12 Molotov. 13 Passed. 15 Superb. 18 America. 20 Donna. 22 Extol. 23 Asiatic. 24 Persian Gulf.

Down: - 2 Writs. 3 Tea rose. 4 Enigma. 5 Legal. 6 Nightie. 7 Lord’s Prayer. 8 Olive branch. 14 Sceptre. 16 Undoing. 17 Panama. 19 Isles. 21 Natal.