DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Weight on my award (6)

4 Mend unfinished article

with vigour (6)

9 Fly round pole to get

echo-sounder (5)

10 Ill-prepared French article to

study by close of play (7)

11 Examine crawler with

soft inside (7) 12 Present ace plant (5)

13 Awfully rank

Seattle viper (11)

18 Country needs

redistribution in aid (5)

20 Charm of another name

belonging to us (7)

22 Outing allowed for

child of three (7)

23 Real unhappiness will occur

if Reg breaks down (5) 24 Rum tea prepared

for adult (6)

25 Importance of

western figure (6)

Down

1 Travel south taking drink to chatterbox (6)

2 A name is confused

– result of this? (7)

3 Come together during emergency (5)

5 Strange ant here

made of clay (7)

6 Lots of burdens (5)

7 Prime time for making dried grass, so it’s said (6)

8 Only abandons fair

punishment (4,7)

14 Film preview of

towed vehicle (7)

15 Aware of the monarch about this time (7)

16 Person made to suffer by two little boys (6)

17 For appropriate monetary gain (6) 19 General meaning of a pile-up in winter? (5) 21 Regular guest holding dispute (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Powerful (6)

4 Line parallel to the

Equator (6)

9 Trunk (5)

10 Declare loudly (7)

11 None of two (7)

12 Speed of music (5)

13 Pass to a different

owner (6,5)

18 Delicate in health (5)

20 Striking artistic grouping (7)

22 Cause distress to (7)

23 Citrus fruit (5)

24 Cut of beefsteak (3-3)

25 Mottle with spots (6)

Down

1 Insurrection (6)

2 Decorate (a dish of food) (7)

3 Incisor, eg (5)

5 Italian cheese (7)

6 Sacred hymn or song (5)

7 Hurry up! (4,2)

8 Determine your location

once again (11)

14 Render void (7)

15 Invent, imagine (5,2)

16 Clandestine romance (6)

17 Shade of meaning (6)

19 Sitcom starring Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders (2,3)

21 Model-aeroplane wood (5)