Dual Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 River quality enters ocean to drive out underwater explorer (4-3,5)

7 King of the Football Association? (4)

8 Fox reckons rum tot’s a nice change (8)

9 Married footballers (6)

10 Dog swallowed junior minister! (6)

11 Talkative Tibetan? (3)

12 Hardman has to enter in this way (5)

14 Suit for going to nightspots? (5)

16 Serpentine neckwear?

(3) 18 Journey the French take three times (6)

20 Asian needs help to get back into tavern (6)

22 River that’s going to chuck forth wine! (8)

23 Child born in cove (4) 24 Nine godly men involved in usury? (12)

DOWN

1 Inactive journalist returns to court without enjoyment (7)

2 Precise former law (5)

3 It’s strange, retiring without showing bad workmanship (6)

4 Volunteers return equipment after raid (6)

5 It’s unethical to ram limo recklessly! (7)

6 Bird, for instance, seen with sapper on tee (5)

13 Reversed on motorway, and gone into cul-de-sac (7)

15 An arts graduate has to plead about getting comfortable perch (7)

16 Satan is liable to go mad! (6)

17 Appearance by George with a Continental firearm (6)

19 Money for cockney beast (5)

21 Name first-class state (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Frogman (4-3,5)

7 Dyke-building king (4)

8 Make a fool of (8)

9 Joined, together (6)

10 Vicar’s assistant (6)

11 Himalayan ox (3)

12 Imperturbable person

(5) 14 Truncheons (5)

16 Constrictor snake (3)

18 Threefold (6)

20 Cowboy’s play foe (6) 22 White Rhine grape (8)

23 Tiny tot (4)

24 Loan-sharking (12)

DOWN

1 No longer with us (7)

2 Strictly correct (5)

3 Poorly made (6)

4 Foray, assault (6)

5 Dishonourable (7)

6 Plumed wading bird

(5) 13 Stalemate (7)

15 Granule-filled seat (7)

16 Beelzebub (6)

17 Pneumatic rifle (6)

19 Big armoured animal (5)

21 Arab emirate (5)