DOUBLECROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 A purely symbolic plant (4) 3 Extreme comfort for those who have retired (3-5) 9 Go without saying (7) 10 I go round an Italian city (5) 11 Possibly the pressmen tire and give a misleading account (12) 13 Foreigners from an isle (6) 15 S. American cowboy gives a cough when disturbed (6) 17 Educated postman? (3,2,7) 20 A hit I make in the Caribbean (5) 21 Don grew upset when treated unjustly (7) 22 Term of admittance (8) 23 No extra guide to wise men (4) DOWN 1 You’re unlikely to get fat on it! (4,4) 2 Goes over catalogues (5) 4 Trees entitled to respect? (6) 5 Pleasure of compensation (12) 6 Long continuing chronicle that’s cut short (7) 7 Cheap price. though requiring a lot of notes (4) 8 Appear to enter and watch TV? (4,4,4) 12 Think it’s deliberate (8) 14 The type that’s inclined to emphasise (7) 16 Current bloom? (6) 18 Number of men engaged in a row, perhaps (5) 19 Keep quiet and work to obtain the goods one wants (4) Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 6 Lullaby. 7 Organ. 9 Stage. 10 Manages. 12 Stone’s throw. 14 Fashionable. 18 Embrace. 19 Screw. 21 Sneak. 22 Impetus. Down: 1 Quits. 2 Slight. 3 Ebb. 4 Wreath. 5 Matelot. 8 Capstan. 11 Enforce. 13 Raiment. 15 Hurray. 16 Locker. 17 Set-up. 20 Amp. QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Air-passage (4) 3 Debate (8) 9 Penchant (7) 10 Sufficient (5) 11 Payment (12) 13 Elevate (6) 15 Substance (6) 17 Impolite (12) 20 Entomb (5) 21 Amiable (7) 22 Sham (8) 23 Let it stand (4) DOWN 1 Frenzy (8) 2 Spell (5) 4 Look at (6) 5 Repulsive (12) 6 Feat (7) 7 Afterwards (4) 8 Import (12) 12 View (8) 14 Restful ease (7) 16 Overt (6) 18 Heavenly path (5) 19 Shred (4) Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 6 Strange. 7 Silly. 9 Slope. 10 Enthral. 12 Grasshopper. 14 Apprehended. 18 Bradawl. 19 Stick. 21 Evict. 22 Gainsay. Down: 1 Still. 2 Hamper. 3 Age. 4 Mishap. 5 Cleaver. 8 Enchant. 11 Eschews. 13 Approve. 15 Reduce. 16 Extend. 17 Scrap. 20 Fad.