DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Not a high price for an infant entrusted to one's care (5,6)

9. Exhausted by overwork – make disparaging remarks (3,4)

10. Virtuous point to the story (5)

11. Points to a Socialist pioneer, we hear (5)

12. Take off topless frock! (7)

13. Having a proprietary interest in a town in Germany (6)

15. Fifty beasts of burden – all females (6)

18. Cowboy's equipment needed, as trail becomes confused (7)

20. A wit required for this publication (5)

22. Sad sound for Dickensian character, we hear (5)

23. He's on the way to work (7)

24. Medieval entertainment – written by Agatha Christie? (7,4)

Down

2. As yet no adult is less important (5)

3. Pays a brief visit to watch transgression (5,2)

4. Foreign representative to seek advice from endlessly (6)

5. Having two members with weapons (5)

6. Strange assortment of stones (7)

7. Colour associated with the Red Sea? (7,4)

8. Boxing attendant nearby, not far from the winner (5,6)

14. Children's room supplied by horticultural establishment (7)

16. Strong light to alarm PC, maybe (3,4)

17. He derives a great interest from his work (6)

19. Make a rationed distribution for a great many, we hear (5)

21. Inform ambassador there's a deadly creature inside (5)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Be ruined (2,2,3,4)

9. Lawlessness (7)

10. Buffalo (5)

11. Musical drama (5)

12. Sooner (7)

13. Swift current (6)

15. Device (6)

18. Bother (7)

20. Brag (5)

22. Scrub (5)

23. Thrown (7)

24. Printing method (11)

Down

2. Speechify (5)

3. Fruit-grove (7)

4. Boisterous girl (6)

5. Exclude (5)

6. Young goose (7)

7. Partiality (11)

8. Ungratefulness (11)

14. Suggest (7)

16. Judge (7)

17. Anger (6)

19. Explode (5)

21. Greenfly (5)