DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Show-off’s journey to

gripe about (3,4)

5 Stupid people posed

awkwardly (5)

8 Bird’s claw in part of

Catalonia (5)

9 Person voting for

German prince (7)

10 Split fashion is a non-starter (4) 11 Dessert from pan with

piece cooked (5,3)

13 Part for potential

voter? (11)

17 Taxi returns with weight of

diamonds for card game (8)

19 Concert taking place over

in Wareham or Poole (4)

21 Interim alterations to

railway stations (7)

22 Wife shortly about

to pass out (5) 23 Basic idea of

snow? (5)

24 Those barely

there? (7)

Down

1 Complete collection of religious books found in Ireland (6) US city or country given nothing (7) No second-class edge to the arena (4) Advance planning

– I ponder it, mate, anyway (13)

5 Labyrinth builder with down-to-earth son? (8)

Erect, either way (3,2) Globe in hardened water ice (6)

12 Writer, for example, surrounded by bad sites (8)

14 Makes less broad using shaft held between poles (7)

15 A bachelor Edward

calmed down (6)

16 One makes them

to compensate (6)

18 Some groceries brought back by one royal dog (5)

20 New dues or

second-hand (4) 2 3 4 6 7

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Filled pasta cases (7)

5 Cause a fuss (3,2)

8 Pitfall (5)

9 Moulding round a ceiling (7)

10 Barren (4)

11 Rebound of a moving

stone or bullet (8)

13 Using a sledge (11)

17 Germinate (4,4)

19 Biblical brother of Jacob (4)

21 Folded (7)

22 Animal which laughs

hideously (5)

23 Measuring device (5)

24 Displaced person (7)

Down

1 Cancel, abolish (6)

2 Dizziness from

heights (7)

3 Lecherous look (4)

4 Schoolboy prank

substance (7,6)

5 In flight (8)

6 Upper leg (5)

7 Abundance (6)

12 Joint author (2-6)

14 Savings (4,3)

15 Daze (6)

16 Anglican priest’s assistant (6)

18 Prepare to pray (5)

20 Cook (in a restaurant) (4)