DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Ship’s officer the divorcee married? ( 6,4)

7. Encore in France once more ( 5)

8. Heartened when loudly commended ( 7)

10. Stayed, although escorted out of place ( 8)

11. Permit is required in Virginia ( 4)

13. Horribly amused by the petrifying type ( 6)

15. Sort of medicine providing protection for the originator ( 6)

17. Recoil from what punters do ( 4)

18. As a literary pot- pourri, it’s cheap ( 8)

21. The cavalry surrounding a group of attackers ( 7)

22. Kind of boom in which coins become involved ( 5)

23. Affirmations meant to be modified in trials ( 10)

Down

1. The sort of case used for the flight ( 5)

2. The opposite to what talkers do! ( 8)

3. Atomic pieces disintegrate in clue ( 6)

4. Come across a rhyme for 20 ( 4) 5. Revolutionary means of getting power ( 7)

6. His products may be near at hand for the present time ( 10)

9. Indulge in some physical exercise, as the convict will! ( 2,1,7)

12. A kind of halberd for the resistance fighter ( 8)

14. Refuse to go through the cases ( 7)

16. Busy Lizzie, the healing agent ( 6)

19. Weather signals provided by an individual in the Civil Service ( 5)

20. Cattle undiminished in strength ( 4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Experimental cut ( 10)

7. Hang in the air ( 5)

8. Captain ( 7)

10. Imperil ( 8)

11. Wealth ( 4)

13. Scoffed ( 6)

15. Example ( 6)

17. Vault ( 4)

18. Dais ( 8)

21. Miner ( 7)

22. Faint ( 5)

23. Great merit ( 10)

Down

1. Plunged ( 5)

2. Runner ( 8)

3. Religious festival ( 6)

4. Slender ( 4)

5. Weigh down ( 7)

6. Unemotional ( 10)

9. Cultivation ( 10)

12. Throw overboard ( 8)

14. Intricate ( 7)

16. Flowery ( 6)

19. Sea- air ( 5)

20. Long ( 4)