DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Sounds like neckwear for the natty dresser (4) 3. Stops wet mixture being made in these utensils (8) 9. Make things more difficult, as corpses do (7) 10. Name for Spanish bird returning (5) 11. From which light projectiles are discharged (5-7) 13. Go round to put back in charge (6) 15. Unusual praise for the state of Xerxes (6) 17. They make sure the wrong types don't go undetected (12) 20. Taking off from an ice cap in Greenland (5) 21. Duck in the water (7) 22. Stay on the beat (4,4) 23. Disorder in the canteen (4)

Down

1. Disaster in the outback witnessed by Moses (4,4) 2. Tania has changed her name (5) 4. Parts of the decimal system (6) 5. How the guest is welcomed having weapons at the ready! (4,4,4) 6. Being away from home allows means of escape (7) 7. It's planted to yield, we hear (4) 8. No prime consideration (12) 12. More than one local employee sets trap deviously (8) 14. Casserole has first bit of ragout in entire hash (7) 16. It's rum cocktail - that can't be gainsaid (6) 18. Weird lake, by the sound of it (5) 19. You need four suits to get ready to travel (4)