DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 1 Elaborate cereal, with no starter, devoured (6) 4 First reheat ovens for Sunday joints (6) 8 Noisily drink with slight pressure (5)

9 Shot spy is made very keen to talk! (7) 10 Walks all over relative (7)

11 Mischievous, but somewhat self‑indulgent (5) 12 A new, ruder variety of clothing (9)

17 Point to images and long stories (5)

19 High wind for the pontoon player? (7)

21 Mad deer madly fancied (7) 22 Level odds confused seven (5)

23 Fault in record when one goal down? (6) 24 Points to follow excess of protein (6)

Down

1 Totally preoccupy deranged bosses (6) 2 Modern French seen going after art? (7) 3 Plagiarist ultimately copies cassettes (5) 5 Public outburst after old boy is rude (7) 6 Achy chest if fenced in (5) 7 Common phrase, for example ‘gin cocktail’ (6) 9 Great need, sadly, brought about (9) 13 Refuse chap, Stan, with mud spreading (7) 14 Go back and administer medicine again? (7) 15 Outdated Alf due to be replaced (6) 16 Where one might be found in the nick of time? (6) 18 Objects when time’s changed (5) 20 Perfect hiding place is inside a loaf (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Dismiss as inadequate (6)

4 Restricting‑rope (6)

8 Was situated opposite (5)

9 Woodworking tool (7)

10 Official journal (7)

11 Purchaser (5)

12 Deceitful (9)

17 Crime of burning property (5)

19 Bone in the skull (7) 21 Callously (7) 22 Expanse of land (5) 23 Develop a liking for (4,2) 24 Pleasantly windy (6)

Down

1 Place of safety (6)

2 Bath with underwater jets (7) 3 Trainee officer (5)

5 Elevate to the ranks of the aristocracy (7)

6 Rash, hurried (5)

7 Fit with new cables (6) 9 Furore (3,3,3) 13 Sleeveless vest (7) 14 Political territory such as Dubai (7) 15 Lucky object (6)

16 Farrier’s workshop (6)

18 Lurk (5)

20 Change, modify (5)