DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Fishy fingerprints? (4) 3. Play one's own game, not considering one division (3,5) 8. Have average intentions? (4) 9. Devotee carrying little weight in window manufacture (8) 11. Powder that adds spice to the soil? (6,6) 13. True, an altered character (6) 14. Go into contortions to set down remarks about hothead (6) 17. Go out of one's mind in sections (12) 20. Entering it may well mean one must be patient (8) 21. Completely get her to leave singer (4) 22. Met green, suddenly appearing (8) 23. Some nasty rookie or raw recruit (4)

Down

1. Harming reputation of mother when she's getting older (8) 2. Confirm animal has escaped (4,3) 4. Make pay for assault? (6) 5. The whole fraternity find everything shipshape (3,2,5) 6. Some fear guerrillas may want to bandy words (5) 7. Former European leader to see about it (4) 10. Getting bigger when folding (10) 12. My! What a fuss about being rich! (4-2-2) 15. To agree completely (7) 16. Reach an abstainer in a muddle (6) 18. Follow almost unseen in the confusion (5) 19. It needs to be a bit more than a foot long (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Small carpets (4) 3. Initial (8) 8. Fatigue (4) 9. Prudent (8) 11. Be pessimistic (4,3,5) 13. Captivate (6) 14. Easy (6) 17. Stock jest (8,4) 20. In jerks (8) 21. Supply (4) 22. Pose (8) 23. Tear (4)

Down

1. Confirmed (8) 2. Chaplet (7) 4. Twisted (6) 5. Calculations (10) 6. Notions (5) 7. Entrance (4) 10. Acquisition (10) 12. Relied (8) 15. Lavish (7) 16. Cultivated (6) 18. Larceny (5) 19. Cougar (4)