CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Law enforcers (9)

8. Fuss (3)

9. Ocean channels (3,8)

11. Labourer (7)

12. Organic base (5)

13. Heart, informally (6)

15. Proverbs (6)

17. Travels (5)

18. Motives (7)

20. Conductors (11)

22. Dung beetle (3)

23. Snarled (9)

Down

2. Mineral (3)

3. Amulet (5)

4. Stone workers (6)

5. Stingy person (7)

6. Deciding ballot (7,4)

7. Party holders (9)

10. Magic word (11)

11. River bank (9)

14. Fundamental nature (7)

16. Ready (6)

19. Fire-raising (5)

21. Regret (3)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. They have come into force (9) 8. A celebration will produce a stir (3) 9. The main channels for voyages (3,8) 11. Mark now has become an employee (7) 12. A place from which to extract a chemical (5) 13. Does one give hearty approval? (6) 15. Present-day sage adapted old maxims (6) 17. Travels back in the reverse direction (5) 18. Grounds for putting a lad in the reserves (7) 20. Leading musicians who are not permitted to teach, we hear (11) 22. Insect brought back for use by the fisherman (3) 23. Tend, maybe, to fish inside – caught in a net (9)

Down

2. A source of metal for Scandinavian coin (3) 3. Occult power causing a large number injury (5) 4. Stone workers operating in a crowd (6) 5. Mean one to be pullin' up (7) 6. Putting slip in ballot box – it may resolve a moot point (7,4) 7. Female entertainers (9) 10. A word to conjure with! (11) 11. Wide rates fluctuating at the bank (9) 14. Intrinsic quality of transformation scenes before the end of the pantomime (7) 16. Not late to produce a cue (6) 19. But it may not attract a light sentence! (5) 21. To feel remorse the French way (3)