DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Condiment makes many sick (4) 3. Lose track of account in simple form (8) 9. Agrees to have a couple of hundred different pets (7) 10. Where a washer is always

available (2,3)

11. One looking for scraps may have this characteristic (12) 13. Settle a clue (6) 15. Doing nothing right in an examination (2,4) 17. Remain calm and avoid

being executed! (4,4,4) 20. More or less important

player (5) 21. Geological term for beach

wear, possibly (7) 22. Army units also included in

the projects (8) 23. Mad cricketers (4)

Down

1. Exhausted and insensitive to

rhythm (4-4) 2. Near-beer place? (5) 4. How to march on foot (6) 5. Estate agent's office behind

the scenes? (8,4) 6. What one may write about a

recital (7) 7. Discover an Eastern secret

agent (4) 8. It's noted for being honest

and quiet (7,5) 12. The boss sent out learners (8) 14. Possibly I retain indolence (7) 16. It's still produced in Ireland,

though illegally (6) 18. Not an all-American name for

a girl (5) 19. He has a piano for

collection (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across Down

1. Street (4) 3. War (8) 9. Show-case (7) 10. Urge (5) 11. Indemnification (12) 13. Pitch tents (6) 15. Harsh (6) 17. Base (12) 20. Supplementary (5) 21. Sugar (7) 22. Once (8) 23. Spoken (4) 1. Rebound (8) 2. Record set (5) 4. Blunt (6) 5. Timid (5-7) 6. Beg (7) 7. Speak (4) 8. In the middle (12) 12. Private (8) 14. Maker (7) 16. Shellfish (6) 18. Penetrate (5) 19. Unhearing (4)