DOUBLECROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A priest’s upset by overseas missions (3-5) 5 The mark of battle causes endless alarm (4) 9 Aquatic fowl to take a winding course, we hear (4) 10 Degrading of French movement (8) 11 This is the bird to tremble (5) 12 Concentrated in time (7) 13 You’re likely to get taken in by them (13) 18 He supplies material for the broadcaster (8) 19 One is in depressing surroundings, it’s announced (4) 20 Pioneer of the air? (7) 21 Distribute a levy on return (5) 22 A sporting combination I had in the southeast (4) 23 Lively concern in street reconstruction (8)

DOWN

2 Kill and administer the will! (7) 3 Where one may discover metal belonging to me (3-4) 4 The suddenness of rainfall (13) 6 A hundred unusually silent customers (7) 7 Do they operate from a toll-house? (7) 8 Remove the lime from the water and decrease the volume (6) 13 More than one summary begins again (7) 14 Heartened by being loudly commended (7) 15 I will forsake suffering and die! (4,2) 16 Describing one with no breadth of vision surrounded by water (7) 17 They would be unemployed if they didn’t suit people (7)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Rehearsal (8) 5 Side (4) 9 Distantly (4) 10 Regularity (8) 11 Essential (5) 12 Unauthorised disclosure (7) 13 On one’s own (13) 18 Blend (8) 19 Wire-guard (4) 20 Attribute (7) 21 Punitive (5) 22 Simple (4) 23 Stick out (8)

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2 Bully (7) 3 Slaughter (7) 4 Public utility builder (5,8) 6 Refined (7) 7 Secret (7) 8 Mad (6) 13 Ape (7) 14 Discovers (7) 15 Let (6) 16 Atomic (7) 17 Slowcoach (7)