DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Business concern not budging (4) 3. Thing or the person opposed to it (8) 8. Evade a score of zero (4) 9. Speed reaching a fortress? (8) 11. Pioneering political group? (7,5) 13. Skilful radio adaptation by head teacher (6) 14. Boy working on a musical composition (6) 17. Yet even shelters revolutionary (12) 20. Set piles of letters (8) 21. Telephone fight venue (4) 22. Status not applicable to sitting tenants? (8) 23. Muddle-headed idiot-collected a large amount (4)

Down

1. Gradually disappear, a few a day, perhaps (4,4) 2. Put clothes on again to get better (7) 4. Jacket made of highly inflammable material? (6) 5. Additional insurance for someone in the field? (5,5) 6. Give patients free drink ... (5) 7. ... or time off work for the others? (4) 10. Naughty nude gets straight in, lacking control (10) 12. Spend a very long time preparing literary extracts (8) 15. Articles about bad crime in the US (7) 16. Scattered 7 about two points (6) 18. Heather is 15, but not in the morning (5) 19. Leonard's glass (4)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Ill (4) 3. Outlook (8) 8. Praise (4) 9. Onlooker (8) 11. Defeat (12) 13. Incentive (6) 14. Individual (6) 17. Unique (12) 20. Unripe (8) 21. Croon (4) 22. Regulate (8) 23. Measure (4)

Down

1. Set (8) 2. Advise (7) 4. Snub (6) 5. Darling (10) 6. Young eel (5) 7. Bitter (4) 10. Flat (10) 12. Lure (8) 15. Exalted (7) 16. Soul (6) 18. Called (5) 19. Stable (4)