DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Lower status unpleasant

indeed ( 8)

6 Contributes to noisy

commercials ( 4)

8 Trounce in athletics event ( 6)

9 Copyright infringement is

smutty after page one ( 6)

10 Stuck on case with leading

detective ( 8)

13 Unit of force from cellar, say ( 4) 14 Odd Bard, a Scot, spoke

on the radio ( 9)

17 Cabbage and king needing

porter ( 4)

18 Party- goer among drunken

set, cross ( 8)

19 I, Basil, organised excuses ( 6)

21 Man accepts alternative

spirit ( 6)

23 Healthy, but left out

of orchestra? ( 4) 24 Accounts checker ending delay of hearing ( 8)

Down

2 Depicts muddled stance ( 6)

Tree rising in hamlet ( 3)

Point made another way ( 5- 4)

Sudden drop in returning epidemic ( 3)

Upstart takes

Riviera trip carrying small weight ( 9)

Coiled round and easily managed ( 6)

Nice bee, a large sort ( 9)

Bad medical newsman 1 Giant stone ( 8) spoke loudly ( 9) 6 Great show, ceremony ( 4) Writer Roald, 8 Sound of pretend crying one given or sobbing ( 6) a flower ( 6) 9 Lengthen, prolong ( 6)

16 Stable boy 10 Athletic leaping event ( 4,4)

13 Spoken exam ( 4) stole round

14 Unknown people ( 9) by river ( 6) 17 Sharp cry of a dog ( 4)

20 Health resort 18 Inspector, scrutineer ( 8) in Mauritius 19 With caution and distrust ( 6) paradise ( 3) 21 Manage, scrape by ( 4,2)

22 Nonsense, 23 ___ party, all- male do ( 4) I left the 24 Inferior part of a neck disturbance ( 3) of mutton ( 5- 3) 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 15

QUICK CLUES Across Down

2 Attractively strange

or unusual ( 6)

3 Cinders ( 3)

4 Treat with a vaccine ( 9)

5 Colour, shade ( 3)

6 Dry sweet- smelling

leaves and flowers ( 3- 6)

7 Flunkey ( 6)

11 Thermal water source ( 3,6)

12 Swine keeper ( 3,6)

15 Separate from the

sediment ( 6)

16 Cord attaching muscle

to bone ( 6)

20 Affirmative reply ( 3)

22 Metal barrel ( 3)