DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

4. Assorted frogmen going to the east (7) 8. Rubbed out the Red Sea,

perhaps (6) 9. Casual worker not at

work (7) 10. Flag officer (6) 11. Moves slowly for a short distance (6) 12. Cutting off Mr. Ballesteros on telephone (8) 18. Mending with a nightcap, possibly (8) 20. Swordsman erecting a

barrier? (6) 21. Girl with nothing on returned Japanese garment (6) 22. Book a substitute (7) 23. Insect let out after a different

insect (6) 24. Is present at a bike race that

finishes (7)

Down

1. Setback concerning poetry (7) 2. Very big church service I have shortened (7) 3. Church official is right on the edge (6) 5. Running away on a plane (2,6) 6. Perhaps it's Che that has moral principles (6) 7. Transgressed when a man returned (6) 13. I am shown to be better (8) 14. German knight returning Italian dish (7) 15. Neglects odd regions (7) 16. Leave a dry place (6) 17. Agree that Bill has to give up (6) 19. Plants found around bees' homes (6)