DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. These are charitable contributions for members, we hear (4)

3. The padre sounds like a famous comic (8)

9. Rejected – not included with the actors (7)

10. Meat jelly put in Mama's pickles (5)

11. Could they be crossword compilers who fix the fashion? (12)

13. Send to different European port (6)

15. Occasion for taking food that is maize (6)

17 & 1Dn. Be mentally alert and don't dispense with comics (4,4,4,5,3)

20. Name change for Alice (5)

21. Make a fresh adjustment to back row, we hear (7)

22. Administer what pharmacists do (8)

23. Supplied with the usual understanding (4)

Down

1. See 17 Across

2. This goes to a primate's head (5)

4. Strike the girl in the direction (6)

5. Produce a noted manual performance (4,3,5)

6. Father returns with paler variety of clothing (7)

7. French resort in scenic expedition (4)

8. Jetty, maybe, for bringing fish to shore, one hears (7,5)

12. One reads badly, but it's thought out (8)

14. Structure used for training climbers (7)

16. Sovereign assemblies used at trying times (6)

18. In the fair I showed a kind of terrier (5)

19. One unable to get to the service was (4)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Barrel (4)

3. Readily (8)

9. Sloping type (7)

10. Passenger-ship (5)

11. After death (12)

13. Charm (6)

15. Span (6)

17. Despicable (12)

20. Unsoiled (5)

21. Dryness (7)

22. Coaxed (8)

23. Solely (4)

Down

1. Wrecked (8)

2. Corset (5)

4. Summary (6)

5. Deficient nourishment (12)

6. Matted (7)

7. Thread (4)

8. Despondent (12)

12. Of late (8)

14. See (7)

16. Smear (6)

18. Start (5)

19. Boat (4)