Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

4. Cause a stir when it fills an entrance (7) 8. Harmony produced by one of the strings we hear (6) 9. Acquiring information of the court proceedings (7) 10. Plunder doesn’t improve with keeping! (6) 11. Stays where a bed is made up? (6) 12. Got together to make the grade? (8) 18. Final appointment indicating retirement for the pr i va t e individual! (4,4) 20. This provides entertainment that gives mother a nice change (6) 21. Aspire to unusual commendation (6) 22. Chop a piece off the dog-end! (7) 23. About a class to abandon bad habits (6) 24. All those entitled to look closely a long time (7)

Down

1. Father’s wise to provide an extract from the book (7) 2. Is forward with addressing the account with charges (7) 3. Girls upset by eastern fish (6) 5. When they get out of hand they could disturb grandees! (8) 6. Vegetable container found in rubbish dump (6) 7. Signet showing a variety of shades (6) 13. Giving an account connecting one thing with another (8) 14. Plot the activities of a kind of lizard (7) 15. As terms are modified for selected groups of children (7) 16. Is to think about maltreatment (6) 17. Outstanding individual who hasn’t yet settled (6) 19. Political group attempts to hold the ring (6)

YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:

Across: 1 Abstract art; 9 Ios; 10 Train fare; 11 Expel; 13 Informs; 14 Triple; 16 Glance; 18 Recluse; 19 Meets; 20 Top secret; 21 Tin; 22 Clothes-line.

Down: 2 Bus; 3 Total; 4 Adagio; 5 Tuneful; 6 Rearrange; 7 Directorate; 8 Reassessing; 12 Principal; 15 Loudest; 17 Hearse; 19 Motel; 21 Ton.