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 secondhand 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)