DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1 & 19 Dn. A staff that produces

miraculous results (5,4)

4. Restricted cover about a little child (7)

8. They are seen in pubs making spectacles of themselves (7)

9. No metal will turn back into gas (5) 10 & 11 Ac. It's not difficult to observe this description of a heartthrob (4,2,3,3)

11. See 10 Across

13. It's used for powdering a light kind of pastry (4)

14. The goddess has a double existence (4)

16 & 17 Ac. Do they unlock the burial chambers? (8,4)

17. See 16 Across

20. Ring Margaret and then get a final letter (5)

21. Kind of resort ruined by disease (7)

22. A sailor companion with many more (7)

23. Old-fashioned description of a calendar (5)

Down

1. Has this space weather some attraction? (8,5)

2. Sporting aims from Lagos (5)

3. Give some form to a group of actors (4)

4. Failing to find something wrong in the record (6)

5. To his men the publican is different (4,4)

6. Restrictive ropes could be there in the back street (7)

7. Not one of those pleasant curves, by the way! (9,4)

12. Nevertheless, it's where the slowest runner is (5,3)

13. Contemporaneous gift (7)

15. Petty officers determined to get a drink (6)

18. Part of a severe, dictatorial decree (5)

19. See 1 Across (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Behind (5)

4. Rise (5,2)

8. Acrobat (7)

9. Unspoken (5)

10. Simple (4)

11. Diabolical (8)

13. Location (4)

14. Yield (4)

16. Bewitch (8)

17. Loan (4)

20. Slacked (5)

21. Speech (7)

22. Unceasing (7)

23. Big (5)

Down

1. Simultaneously (2,3,4,4)

2. Volumes (5)

3. Part (4)

4. Tension (6)

5. Was there (8)

6. Refuse (7)

7. End the matter (3,3,3,2,2)

12. Bestride (8)

13. Alighted (7)

15. Transversely (6)

18. Banish (5)

19. Suspend (4)