DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Pass on to posterity that the worker has fallen (4,4) 5. The company is stable (4) 9. Dramatic deeds? (4) 10. They shouldn't have to crane their necks very often? (8) 11. Not the last of the fine ale

- the last! (5) 12. General way to expand (7) 13. Certainly not a public

company (6,7) 18. Apparently no noble, no

match! (8) 19. The gambler's boat? (4) 20. I.e. start to be a

performer (7) 21. The gear I had was stiff (5) 22. One expects to see them in

a row (4) 23. The sitting member won't

have such a reputation! (8)

Down

2. Attribute to a writer (7) 3. Praised for loss of hope (7) 4. Paper-pale? (5,2,1,5) 6. Operative as a member of a posse (2,5) 7. Presumably the male

teacher should have it! (7) 8. The language used by 51 in a battered cage (6) 13. Singer upset parson - took ring (7) 14. One wouldn't expect a

teacher to make one! (7) 15. Join silent order (6) 16. Insinuated the mischievous child didn't tell the truth (7) 17. The nervousness of numbers receiving the charge (7)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Finish (8) 5. Skilled (4) 9. Appear (4) 10. Estrange (8) 11. Indistinct (5) 12. Cavil (7) 13. Insomnia (13) 18. Upbraid (8) 19. Expand (4) 20. Put on trial (7) 21. Mole (5) 22. Team (4) 23. Halting (8)

Down

2. From end to end (7) 3. Reckon (7) 4. Melting away (13) 6. Blackberry (7) 7. Blind (7) 8. Negligent (6) 13. Excel (7) 14. Died (7) 15. Long-winded (6) 16. Disregard (7) 17. Curtail (7)