DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Joel struggling to find way

inside at a push (6)

4 Boss makes mistake with

worker, finally (6)

8 Bite container filled with

nitrogen (5)

9 Swindler hurtles all over

the place (7)

10 Like a horse without a tail,

steer into biannual event (7) 11 Enormous fireplace,

by the sound of it (5)

12 Next to an extended

border (9)

17 Helps wild beast (5)

19 Number ten having debts

that are harmful (7)

21 During June quality isn’t

evenly matched (7)

22 Legal defence of some

Svengali, bizarre (5) 23 Month on edge

bringing chaos! (6)

24 Guides consumers

without heat (6) Down

1 Buffoon to scoff

about saint (6)

2 Kitchen implement,

alas, put away (7)

3 Compare to plants

in conversation (5)

5 Fool, for example, has first-class weapon (7)

6 Bogus fellow

disrupted sale (5)

7 I tarry after ordering

scarce object (6)

9 Spell Angola out like

a nut? (9)

13 Little-known bishop framed by wayward source (7)

14 Sore back I have is

wearing (7)

15 Two units may open on half-empty or empty space (6)

16 Catches sight of

Eastern agents (6)

18 Song of lamentation,

say, in cathedral (5)

20 Hospital photos of

unknown fish (1-4)

Across

1 Truthful (6)

4 Spry (6)

8 Traveller (5)

9 Laundry (7)

10 Malady (7)

11 Company representative (5)

12 Social group for

teenagers (5,4)

17 Harsh (5)

19 Supporting (7)

21 Road-digger’s

pointed tool (7)

22 Space under a roof (5)

23 Mock, laugh at (6)

24 Incite (4,2)

Down

1 Plant-based (medicine) (6)

2 Mass-produced trinket (7)

3 Opening stroke in tennis (5)

5 Set up and connect (7)

6 Neutral pale brownish

tone (5)

7 0.125 as a fraction (6)

9 Worth a look (9)

13 Disregarded (7)

14 Sore bubble on the foot (7)

15 Three-legged support (6)

16 Breakfast-table food

holder (3-3)

18 Painful mouth sore (5)

20 Skilled trade (5)