DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across 1. Possibly ape is reddishbrown (5) 4. Dried fruit making dog rave! (7) 8. Comfort for the organist? (7) 9. Eccentric part of engine? (5) 10. Nothing taking egghead to the river (4) 11. Dislike of one rendering (8) 13. European flagstaff (4) 14. Enthusiastic, and sharp, too (4) 16. Appear to be finished: inspect in detail (4,4) 17. Impairs the perfection of the planet (4) 20. One kind of timber is just right

(5) 21. Treachery of the senator (7) 22. Try a leg in a big way (7) 23. Hesitation at the summit: he

drinks too much! (5) Down 1. Not the first service requested by Oliver Twist? (6,7) 2. Punishing plane perhaps (5) 3. There's nothing in beer but a plant (4) 4. 100 quit but remain closely attached (6) 5. Kind of pipe for making tapes? (8) 6. Nights for the telling? (7) 7. Silly one tries prank, gets captured (5,8) 12. Ensuring people aren't kept in the dark about building? (8) 13. The one under protection got peer in trouble (7) 15. Guard by the southern gate (6) 18. Fabulous writer of work on marine set-up (5) 19. Port not touched (4)

QUICK CLUES:

Across 1. Distress (5) 4. Weakling (7) 8. Call to account (7) 9. Cherish (5) 10. Cloak (4) 11. Soak (8) 13. Unusual (4) 14. Giant (4) 16. Relationship (8) 17. Morose (4) 20. Unsuitable (5) 21. Forsake (7) 22. Oubliette (7) 23. Surrender (5) Down 1. Alone (13) 2. Fragment (5) 3. Clip (4) 4. Servile (6) 5. Tongue (8) 6. Striped (7) 7. Foregone (13) 12. Dark-haired woman (8) 13. Chorus (7) 15. Reach (6) 18. Shelf (5) 19. Cautious (4)