DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Erica veers around home of our ancestors (4) 3. Filling material in Gateshead (8) 8. Hide from attack with stones (4) 9. Lively, having had some whisky? (8) 11. Rant and rage when there's bad weather (7-5) 13. Relatives find one in awful scene (6) 14. Hair-piece women and men initially find in Indian home (6) 17. Extra penny swapped with coins in tradein (4-8) 20. Maintained dreadful sin when

tide's out (8) 21. One in charge sobs terribly (4) 22. Derive, or perhaps

dominate (8) 23. Accuse dad of having second

hand interior (4)

Down

1. Man inside does better with

the winders (8) 2. Bird that has dinner that's

late (7) 4. Gets thinner when repast is

rejected (6) 5. Winner has funny thing at

start of run (5,5) 6. Bury in plain terrain (5) 7. Almighty view from here! (4) 10. Trader vies awkwardly with

one in marketing (10) 12. Simmered, cooking in

water (8) 15. Single women with new

interior lights (7) 16. Surpass old church news

man (6) 18. Passage by sail around to the

East (5) 19. Cover nothing when you swim

here (4)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Extinct bird (4) 3. Lunatic (8) 8. Fortune (4) 9. Antecedent (8) 11. Balancing (12) 13. Hue (6) 14. Fasten (6) 17. Loving (12) 20. Firebrand (8) 21. Clue (4) 22. Gently (8) 23. Signify (4)

Down

1. Titbit (8) 2. Tenth (7) 4. Stop (6) 5. Call (10) 6. Singers (5) 7. Endure (4) 10. Renew (10) 12. Menace (8) 15. Greed (7) 16. Saunter (6) 18. Pretend (5) 19. Linger (4)