DOUBLE CROSSWORD

Across

1. Savoury concoction like dough (5) 4. Type of surgery with which one may be faced anew (7) 8. Broad-minded description of political group (7) 9. Meat minced by the right circus worker (5) 10 & 11Ac. Method of payment for a more expensive acquisition, we hear (4-8) 11. See 10 Across 13. It's used by entrants to put the screen back (4) 14. See 17 Across 16. If pears lie badly, this will train them properly (8) 17 & 14Ac. Misprinted line in the

permit not causing any anguish (8) 20. Goes awkwardly round the ring with this kind of step (5) 21. Quick means of communication vital to the diver (7) 22. Startin' to modify conveyance of freight (7) 23. Exhausted - told to go around quietly (5)

Down

1. What the tug-of-war competitor should do (4,3,6) 2. Not under the influence of various Boers (5) 3 & 19Dn. Weapons three feet long are parts of the ships' equipment (8) 4. What debts do as a result of multiple collision (4,2) 5. Bound to be descriptive of apprentices (8) 6. Pets act most strangely (7) 7. One in a divorce action holds the right to be a man of letters (13) 12. Indifference consoles in a different way (8) 13. The statesman requires a little more than this qualification (7) 15. A good meal for father among the others (6) 18. Describing the athlete as one kept in by a broken leg (5) 19. See 3 Down