DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across 1. Gets harder scenes to play (4) 3. Girl shows discretion (8) 9. First male worker is resolute (7) 10. It's odd the band should start with dance music (5) 11. Isn't it particular what it sells? (7,5) 13. Dexterous, but for a doctor there's nothing to it (6) 15. It flattens out and curls up (6) 17. What one has to be in to engage in the class war? (8,4) 20. Pieces of land in the Far

East (5) 21. Wild riot on a lake in

Canada (7) 22. Sacked, no doubt! (2,3,3) 23. Man in the sea, perhaps (4) Down 1. Press men in China (8) 2. A form of transport, it ran haphazardly (5) 4. A sound to disturb (6) 5. Don't the fair-minded have them? (4,8) 6. Possibly one rule man has broken (7) 7. Times some of the rasher drivers (4) 8. It's said to be a way to ensure a good stretch of repentance (5,2,5) 12. It's used extensively by

bandsmen (8) 14. Wear and tear about an object (7) 16. Plant not delicate but possibly sensitive (6) 18. They're monstrous but help to make progress (5) 19. Transport, thanks to the team (4)

QUICK CLUES:

Across 1. Untainted (4) 3. Serene (8) 9. Umbrage (7) 10. Cherish (5) 11. Absurd (12) 13. Advent (6) 15. Beset (6) 17. Miraculous (12) 20. Beat (5) 21. Mixed with (7) 22. Holiness (8) 23. Ran away (4) Down 1. Outlook (8) 2. Plunder (5) 4. Builds (6) 5. Offering (12) 6. Luck (7) 7. Ogle (4) 8. Proclamation (12) 12. Lonely (8) 14. Over-emotional (7) 16. Whole (6) 18. Kingly (5) 19. Mimics (4)