DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Turn of phrase for angelic

being (6)

4 Prompt regarding care (6)

8 Caught by foul-smelling

weirdo (5)

9 A lucid sort, plus a

co-presenter with Tess (7)

10 English hog and sheep

offering witty remark (7) 11 Song about lamps (5)

12 Keep gold one in silent

grand tomb (9)

17 Noblemen in front of court? (5)

19 Spooky peacekeepers

getting shrewd (7)

21 Synthetic material seen

in superb gallery (7)

22 Unacceptable idea one

rejected (3,2) 23 The Spanish needed to support shrub and wheat measure (6)

24 Initially decides with

weirdly nasty ruler (6)

Down

1 Little bag bringing

pain, in the way (6)

2 Practicality is in the

kingdom (7)

3 Rod’s game of

cards (5)

5 Specimen old

enough (7)

6 Country needs redistribution in aid (5)

7 My goodness, there’s a marine entering river (4,2)

9 Firm politician has nothing but confident sangfroid (9)

13 Outclass sage

(put out) (7)

14 By motorway tent, brewing a beverage (4,3)

15 Scribble on bud

Abe broke (6)

16 Reportedly ring

a bird (6)

18 Staggers through

the dances (5)

20 Last two of juicy

sweets? (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Discontent (6)

4 OK to consume (6)

8 Basil-based Italian sauce (5)

9 Betting person (7)

10 Funeral procession (7)

11 Plotted figures on

two axes (5)

12 Bungle (9)

17 Shade of brown (5)

19 Wounded (7)

21 Shiver with horror (7)

22 Old US sitcom,

___ Lucy (1,4)

23 Reflexive pronoun (6)

24 Affirm, bear witness (6)

Down

1 Remove the stitching from (6)

2 Speaker’s platform (7)

3 Land by the edge of the sea (5)

5 Harmed, impaired (7)

6 Tree yielding a very

light wood (5)

7 Coarse, bawdy (6)

9 Member of the Guards (9)

13 Pastry roll filled with fruit (7)

14 Soft lower part of the

listening organ (3,4)

15 Cereal, fruit and nut

breakfast dish (6)

16 Commercial (6)

18 State of melancholy (5)

20 Place where bones connect (5)