DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Totally preoccupy

deranged bosses (6)

4 Mournful time rolling

cigar (6)

8 Cut said Mr Connery (5)

9 Festival northern? No! (7)

10 Muslim land with some

anthem I rated (7)

11 Appearing to knock when

kept ready (2,3)

12 Drop agent disguised as

a spiritual guardian (9)

17 Accessory for a stuttering

professor? (3-2)

19 Fish for Henry I,

however (7)

21 Goads with sharp

objects (7)

22 Animal from Eastern

country (5)

23 Death dies with me,

tragically (6)

24 Locked up in the deep-freeze, ensuring cold symptom (6)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Revisit (2,4)

4 Boiled, simmered (6)

8 Human organ (5)

9 Body opening (7)

10 Circular (7)

11 Beneath, directly below (5)

12 Constituent element

of a system (9)

17 Put your name forward (5)

19 Blotchy (7)

21 Substitute for a word

referred to earlier (7)

22 Solitary (5)

23 Waterlogged (6)

24 Suppress (6)

DOWN

1 Opens flexible cape

as a gamble (2,4)

2 Give voice about how

it’s visible (7)

3 Present-bringer from

featureless Antarctica (5)

5 Russian leader is only

after piece of food (7)

6 Invited visitor speculated

out loud (5)

7 Can gorilla nibble? (6)

9 Observe possible hassle,

but they may flutter (9)

13 Loosely hangs end of rod

to get fishes (7)

14 Responsible for late mob

rioting (2,5)

15 Deserved to be knowledgeable, though not initially (6)

16 Dog set out to find

heavy food (6)

18 Fancy tipple around

start of evening (5)

20 Student that is at home

has extended sleep (3-2)

DOWN

1 Abundant (6)

2 Make camp without

a tent (7)

3 Preserved (meat, eg) (5)

5 Speech of thanks,

expression of praise (7)

6 Mysterious (5)

7 Dull and drab (6)

9 DIY expert (3-3,3)

13 Object danced around

in spring (7)

14 Chide (4,3)

15 Tall ornamental grass (6)

16 Stick (to) (6)

18 Haughty (5)

20 Person’s feature

or mannerism (5)