DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A keen lot of parasites haven’t

finished with fibre (7)

5 Fares badly, although

more secure (5)

8 Brute chewed up the root (5)

9 Make of car has key in tent (7)

10 Give out new item (4)

11 Pam, with a stir, cooked

seasoned beef (8) 13 Term, or theme, adjusted

which measures heat (11)

17 He’s willing to check

rota out (8)

19 Pack away some of the

children’s towels (4)

21 Stupid fellow, for example,

has first-class weapon (7)

22 Pub nearby (5)

23 Sampled last of cider in

new diet (5) 24 Highlights, not

initially, locks (7)

Down

1 Big cat removing head part of flower (6)

2 Stroke board member losing operation for trash (7)

3 Listen to storyteller’s

instrument (4)

4 Ringer’s outpost with signal too garbled (13)

5 Resist meddling with

EU safeguards (8)

6 Rural deity, answer

to animal life (5)

7 Make further amendments to part of agreed itinerary (2-4)

12 Planned to put artist

in terrible danger (8)

14 Lures some apprentice, surreptitiously (7)

15 Titan on time –

finally! (2,4)

16 Lives in centre of Cheddar, place in Somerset (6)

18 Written in census, historical dish of Japan (5)

20 Nameless deserted

plant (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Day of rest and prayer (7)

5 Drug obtained from poppies (5)

8 Division in a boxing match (5)

9 Knotted threadwork (7)

10 Unopened flowers (4)

11 Write incorrectly (8)

13 Time-honoured, established (11)

17 Enlarged glandular tissue

at the back of the nose (8)

19 Iridescent gemstone (4)

21 Duo (7)

22 Broadcasting live (2,3)

23 In a bashful way (5)

24 Bright and shining (7)

Down

1 Disco light (6)

2 Large rock (7)

3 Diplomatic adviser (4)

4 Blundering,

awkwardness (3-10)

5 Opportunity (8)

6 Effigy (5)

7 In a humble manner (6)

12 Strict party line (8)

14 Allay (7)

15 Desert plant (6)

16 Ill-defined and

out of focus (6)

18 Dark-coloured timber (5)

20 Bread bun (4)