DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Time to get spectacles for telling the time (11) 9. Eats potted versions (7) 10. Not a rural pope (5) 11. A European man, but certainly not Norse (5) 12. I regain a new order in Africa (7) 13. Promote the development of a damp doctor? (6) 15. Neglect to tidy up a region (6) 18. Inability to remember new names when the road's up (7) 20. Wait to start a tennis game (5) 22. Possibly teach to break the rules (5) 23. Psychiatrist heard to give a girl a table (7) 24. A sharp one needed for embroidery? (11)

Down

2. Groan coming out of a musical instrument (5) 3. Minimum price for a substitute (7) 4. Failing to win a record without moral transgression (6) 5. Chanted about top teacher getting attacked by a bee (5) 6. Possibly bag more during prohibition (7) 7. A dangerous time for Caesar if so charmed, perhaps (4,2,5) 8. Betrothals recorded in a diary? (11) 14. True one is in new screen version (7) 16. Postage problem for the Nazi secret police (7) 17. Friend getting expert to build a royal house (6) 19. Full of dates? (5) 21. Fabric breaks tip off wax pencil (5)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Skill (11) 9. Enrage (7) 10. Maxim (5) 11. Representative (5) 12. Anxiety (7) 13. Ditch (6) 15. Witchcraft (6) 18. Renaissance (7) 20. Midget (5) 22. Devout (5) 23. Genus (7) 24. Secret (11)

Down

2. Frill (5) 3. Zealot (7) 4. Grasp (6) 5. Consumed (5) 6. Vie (7) 7. Mankind-hater (11) 8. Aloof (11) 14. Involve (7) 16. Remnant (7) 17. Pure (6) 19. Lac (5) 21. Arrange (5)