DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Board to make progress ( 3,2)

4. Name the mixture producing marsh- gas ( 7)

8. They provide the opposite to outgoings ( 7)

9. The start of the holidays in pleasant recess ( 5)

10. In making a shirt, it may need stitching ( 4)

11. See 16 Across

13. Carry a piece of tube around ( 4)

14. See 3 Down

16 & 11Ac. No simple system for producing capital appreciation ( 8,8)

17. Eponymous heroine making a comeback at the end of the programme ( 4)

20. The ways of Cecil, one hears ( 5)

21. Buddy has a row with a chivalrous type ( 7)

22. An expert at backing horses ( 7)

23. Kind of light found in the cockpit ( 5)

Down

1. What auctioneers’ thriving businesses are called? ( 5,8)

2. They temporarily secure a levy, we hear ( 5)

3 & 14Ac. Poor salesmen not specifically nominated ( 8) 4. Contemplating surrounding us with expensive pottery ( 6) 5. Sensitive editor made an offer ( 8)

6. Infantry decapitated by bowmen ( 7)

7. An attractive device in current production ( 13)

12. Coal- user in a roundabout way ( 8)

13. Pelt with what will explode on a road ( 7)

15. He shoots at the woodcock on the right ( 6)

18. One who often changes gear while working ( 5)

19. It’s a mistake to move on the ice ( 4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Regiment ( 5)

4. Daub ( 7)

8. Ignore ( 7)

9. Facade ( 5)

10. Clever ( 4)

11. Insinuations ( 8)

13. Notion ( 4)

14. Stake ( 4)

16. Feeler ( 8)

17. Go by ( 4)

20. Eye- socket ( 5)

21. Incentives ( 7)

22. Rough ( 7)

23. Bit ( 5)

Down

1. Diligent ( 13)

2. Correct ( 5)

3. Outhouse ( 4)

4. Powerful ( 6)

5. Wealthy ( 8)

6. Thrash ( 7)

7. Deteriorating ( 13)

12. Finical ( 8)

13. Base ( 7)

15. Plump ( 6)

18. Divert ( 5)

19. Twist ( 4)