Two-In-One

No 3,712

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Happening to be photographing the site! (6,5) 9 & 16Dn. What faces the houses of the French capital? (7,2,5) 10 A note needs transposing by the right vocalist (5) 11 He’s a cleric as a rule (5) 12 This is assumed to make a sound receiver look more attractive (3-4) 13 What the cat did, having run round the track? (6) 15 Having been topped, it’s tapped and then tipped! (6) 18 Take pains to show calamity (7) 20 They’re instrumental as water-carriers (5) 22 Tolled about one showing remorse (5) 23 Adoring to break a kind of knot (7) 24 Daring to take a risk with certain people (11)

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2 What increases your bank balance once more (5) 3 Deeply emotional in past, present or future (7) 4 Stone coming from the north in great variety (6) 5 More recent piece of rare talent brought up (5) 6 To do this, one may need to give a man time (7) 7 So clue parts will reveal those who take financial risks (11) 8 Emulating the pilgrim? (11) 14 The result of taking a one-sided picture (7) 16 See 9 Across 17 Firm amalgamation (6) 19 Fanatic has to make progress in the part (5) 21 Being precise about a Trojan king (5)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Showiness (11) 9 Perplex (7) 10 Extravagant (5) 11 Stratum (5) 12 Lassitude (7) 13 Figure (6) 15 Magnificent (6) 18 Prevail (7) 20 Trickster (5) 22 External (5) 23 Kitchen sideboard (7) 24 In ignorance (11)

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2 Genial (5) 3 Extend (7) 4 Struggle (6) 5 Prickle (5) 6 Gatecrash (7) 7 Leaning (11) 8 Vengeful (11) 14 Dampen (7) 16 Dirty (7) 17 Follow and watch (6) 19 Imbecile (5) 21 Artist’s stand (5)