DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Dog restricted by lead,

it’s said wisely? (7)

5 Sauce! Keeping very

soft and sentimental (5)

8 In a nutshell, utterly

reversed material (5)

9 Female leaves social

event with ointment (7)

10 Still curtailed sporting

fixture (4)

11 Casual start to competition by a spineless match official (8)

13 Deadline for entries sent long-distance with no name (7,4)

17 Stop to use the whole

suitcase? (4,2,2)

19 Holiday complex, better around beginning of May (4)

21 Cut off short, feel ill (7)

22 It doesn’t make a sound

when dropped (5)

23 Good man isn’t

a convert (5)

24 Initially start, if unsure (2,5)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Large jug (7)

5 Fashion (5)

8 Breathing organs (5)

9 Not the same (7)

10 Story (4)

11 Strongly criticise (3,3,2)

13 Referee (11)

17 Deserter, renegade (8)

19 Thought (4)

21 Japanese paper-folding (7)

22 Big ___, fairground ride (5)

23 Wear away (5)

24 Every evening (7)

DOWN

1 Felt sorry for investigator

bound with rope (6)

2 Lubricating instructions

become a bore (3,4)

3 Seeing things (4)

4 Shrub could be valuable,

in I go! (13)

5 Comes after

flourishes (8)

6 Previous member

of an order (5)

7 Pulled American

journalist (6)

12 Partisan reformed

by candidate (8)

14 Piece of land – or what

goes on it (7)

15 Ages taken to reconstruct

Cheops (6)

16 Result of firing

skywards? (6)

18 Bird goes back to soldier

and dog (5)

20 UK river in

Staffordshire (4)

DOWN

1 Roof of the mouth (6)

2 Twisted, knotted (7)

3 Dry covering of

a seed (4)

4 Process of bringing

back together (13)

5 Abstaining from

alcohol (8)

6 Explode,

as a volcano (5)

7 Remove (a computer

file, eg) (6)

12 Buy (8)

14 One of a broken set (7)

15 In residence (2,4)

16 Castle wall (6)

18 Large African mammal (5)

Take a gulp (4)