daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Clubs maybe where admirals may be seen? (11) 9 Offer - or wait for a better offer (4,3) 10 A little hooter (5) 11 How much, say, is a unit of power? (4) 12 For Wagnerian hero standard fails unexpectedly (8) 14 In a wood there’s a female angler (6) 16 Educational measure? (6) 18 Scholarly in theory (8) 19 High spot of getting married in a church (4) 22 Doctor, I have reduced energy (5) 23 Pitch of the roof? (7) 24 History teachers who are real experts? (4,7)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 No laughing matter (6,1,4) 9 Gathering of crops (7) 10 Wash with clean water (5) 11 Part in a play (4) 12 Spice used in curry (8) 14 Ocean traffic lane (6) 16 Member of robber gang (6) 18 Remaining (8) 19 Excellent (4) 22 Hurled forcefully (5) 23 Brilliant red (7) 24 Short distance (6,5) DOWN 2 To register (5) 3 Undisguised (4) 4 Indirect route (6) 5 Prophet of doom (8) 6 Similar in character (7) 7 Dismissive treatment (5,6) 8 Formal agreement ending war (5,6) 13 Knitted jacket (8) 15 Violent physical attack (7) 17 Central US state (6) 20 Snow-block dwelling (5) 21 Frustrate (4) DOWN 2 Left out until rewritten (5) 3 African goes up into space (4) 4 Right sort of taxes without added charges (6) 5 It’s close to home or posted a little way out (8) 6 Necessitate having to collect? (4,3) 7 A decisive manual exhibition (4,2,5) 8 Didn’t miss any of the athletics meeting, anyway (2,3,6) 13 Submissive; always coming up with regular payment (8) 15 It’s a man in distress. This may keep him going (7) 17 Not a bird; it chirps and flies (6) 20 A rich sort of job for a professor (5) 21 Catch sight of a pimple (4)