DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Stay with marine manoeuvres ( 6)

4 Sweetheart makes great strides, and runs off with lover ( 6)

9 Peg or Penny at home ( 3)

10 Carry out drunken daughter into quadrangle ( 9)

11 Punches clothing ( 5)

12 Bird pecked another bird ( 7)

14 Friend about to hurry thanks to instant drug ( 11)

17 Keeper of dog on a hill ( 7)

18 Excuse for boxer having used teeth endlessly ( 5)

20 Rise above nerds, can’t go wrong ( 9)

22 Disrobing while holding sash ( 3)

23 Property of English, say ( 6)

24 In frenzy, meaning one will provoke reactions ( 6)

Down

1 Meal tapers off ( 6)

2 Chap in charge is frenzied ( 5)

3 Instances broadcast non- stop ( 9)

5 Many unclothed in the middle ( 3)

6 Dummy pill put with personal problem ( 7)

7 Dean’s new chair ( 5)

8 Appliance for glass includes withered key ( 6- 5)

13 Great Dane destroyed refreshment area outdoors ( 3,6)

15 Fully conversant with a piece of chicken ( 7)

16 Is a lie contrived to make contact? ( 6)

17 Lovely thing, copper kipper! ( 5)

19 Sarcastic wit like metal? ( 5)

21 Adjust television ( 3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Food preparation instruction

list ( 6)

4 Church officer ( 6)

9 By way of ( 3)

10 Copy, duplicate ( 9)

11 Cuban dance ( 5)

12 Infuriate ( 7)

14 Acid test ( 6,5)

17 Unit of food energy value, familiar to dieters ( 7)

18 Banished person ( 5)

20 Be too much for ( 9)

22 ___ for, select ( 3)

23 Tyrant ( 6)

24 Agreement, harmony ( 6)

Down 1 Give a new look to ( 6)

2 Allure ( 5)

3 Entertainer ( 9)

5 One of three components of the mind, according to Freud ( 3)

6 Bravery ( 7)

7 Your nephew’s sister ( 5)

8 Padded ( 11)

13 Artisan and master builder ( 9)

15 Disorder of health ( 7)

16 Whisked ( eggs) ( 6)

17 Mass of water vapour visible high in the air ( 5)

19 Presses ( clothes) ( 5)

21 TV Doctor and time traveller ( 3)