DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 The price of progress (4) 3 Trouble one expects to get at good hotels (3,5) 8 Give material backing? (4) 9 Flings about and disturbs the cat’s rest (8) 11 Unhappy because the whisky is nearly finished? (3,2,7) 13 Having a certain inclination (6) 14 It may be carried on, through by-laws forbid it (6) 17 It fires the spirit of motorists (8,4) 20 Man in a suit (8) 21 I take the chaps around for a look (4) 22 Didn’t like being told to go in a rush (8) 23 Gets on in stages (4)

DOWN

1 Maximum charge for conveyance (4,4) 2 Restoration novel in authentic setting (7) 4 Busy tenant (6) 5 Do flying-fish use them? (5,5) 6 Buy one a drink for medicinal purposes? (5) 7 Jar for a kind of berry (4) 10 Photograph a monster - in the garden (10) 12 Ships, and in them, pirates! (8) 15 Counting is effective (7) 16 He’s been promised a hand (6) 18 Ways in which a psychopath seems different (5) 19 A slight mark on the music? (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Ill (4) 3 Get together (8) 8 Sad to say (4) 9 Valuable (8) 11 Dealing out (12) 13 Begin again (6) 14 Damage (6) 17 Outdoor plants (5,7) 20 Ruling (8) 21 Lazy (4) 22 Carnage (8) 23 Entangle (4)

DOWN

1 Flag (8) 2 Car frame (7) 4 Writer (6) 5 Stimulation (10) 6 Tan (5) 7 Comfort (4) 10 Diva (5,5) 12 Expectation (8) 15 Forsake (7) 16 Bearing (6) 18 Zodiac sign (5) 19 Stuff (4)