DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. About the drama 'The Second Match' (6) 4. Battered and cast off by the company (6) 9. Imaginary journey by air? (6,2,5) 10. The dyer breaks down in

tears (7) 11. Creepy stretch of water, by the sound of it (5) 12. Try light meals, we hear (5) 14. Contemplate a piece of music (5) 18. Arterial way in Australia or Tasmania (5) 19. Ask about a search (7) 21. One providing heavensent protection (8,5) 22. Giving voice to a proverb (6) 23. Finds fault with old-fashioned

school equipment (6)

Down

1. Say no rubbish is to be seen (6) 2. Secret agreement by which property is sold (7,6) 3. Like a bird having a grey appearance (5) 5. Unconventional description of policeman having finished duty (7) 6. The ponderous result of aggregating the four quarters (13) 7. Resting place for a light sleeper? (6) 8. See 16 Down 13. Don't sit at home as a stop-gap

(5-2) 15. Freely traverses firing

locations (6) 16 & 8Dn. A basis for cutting the directors of the bakery! (10) 17. Just the equipment for those

who walk tall (6) 20. Game bird to show

apprehension (5)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Number two (6) 4. Packet (6) 9. Old fogey (5-2-3-3) 10. Everlasting (7) 11. Banishment (5) 12. Boundary (5) 14. Flat (5) 18. Pretend (5) 19. Hopelessness (7) 21. Elimination (13) 22. Ridicule (6) 23. Rough (6)

Down

1. Scatter (6) 2. Premier (5,8) 3. Keepsake (5) 5. Runner (7) 6. Sympathetic (13) 7. Boarder (6) 8. Fish (5) 13. Unheeded (7) 15. Transgress (6) 16. Let in (5) 17. Crevice (6) 20. Shatter (5)