DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Take what is suitable? (11)

9. Disentangle one French composer (7)

10. Lawless law (5)

11. It is in fact a long claw (5)

12. Shoots something to eat (7)

13. I've now become available for inspection (2,4)

15. Hostilities cut capital (6)

18. Sing in French first to delight (7)

20. After getting bail somehow, I find an excuse (5)

22. It often does in periods of depression (5)

23. Someone to tell you whose turn is next (7)

24. Sports clubs dances hard hit by rackets perhaps (6,5)

Down

2. There's a risk in being a cardsharper, I'll be bound! (5)

3. Be sorry about unrising income (7)

4. Smooth tongue? (6)

5. Person not doing much to earn their reputation (5)

6. Mouth-organs? (7)

7. They will have lots to offer (11)

8. Is one found in literary haunts? (11)

14. Inject a cubic-centimetre into a climbing plant as a safeguard (7)

16. It may make people turn pale (7)

17. Old punishments may still provide interest (6)

19. Crime of one who satisfied a burning desire? (5)

21. I have timber that's perfect (5)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Stage make-up (6-5)

9. Set apart (7)

10. Hurl (5)

11. Doomed (5)

12. Refuse (7)

13. Mourn (6)

15. Dormant (6)

18. Public transport (7)

20. A fish (5)

22. Additional (5)

23. Unyielding (7)

24. Shakespeare play (2,3,4,2)

Down

2. Perch (5)

3. Desert (7)

4. Vigour (6)

5. Change (5)

6. Relate (7)

7. Paris landmark (6,5)

8. Yam (5,6)

14. Summary of business (7)

16. A reverse (3-4)

17. Attack (6)

19. A spree (5)

21. Giraffe-like animal (5)