Twinplex

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Ranted strangely about games, being carried away (11) 9 Have 21 out (3) 10 Telling to be won by evil means (3-6) 11 The rogue in the pack (5) 13 The warehousing of gold in the theatre (7) 14 Make use of my pole (6) 16 Help idiot to sit around (6) 18 Gift dispatched beforehand (7) 19 Meat with the texture of southern wood (5) 20 The story of tavern air (9) 21 Victor did, and returns same as 18 (3) 22 Regret a fire can be used to freeze! (11)

DOWN

2 Hurry! When over these may be a practise (3) 3 Artless one in church (5) 4 Language one needs to brush up (6) 5 Turbulent journey between Rio and the States (7) 6 Additional change of diet needed; send the prisoner home! (9) 7 The librarian’s accounts? (11) 8 Not enough income from the funeral business? (11) 12 Make Peter leap about, finding a source of fruit (5,4) 15 Frank needs a tune outside (4-3) 17 Half the cast telephone for twine (6) 19 What the driver does and the drover drives? (5) 21 Intelligence in the raw, I think (3)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Conveyed (11) 9 Possess (3) 10 Obtained dishonestly (3-6) 11 Jack in cards (5) 13 Place to keep furniture, etc. (7) 14 Use (6) 16 Abet (6) 18 Gift (7) 19 Cut of beef (5) 20 Story (9) 21 Gained (3) 22 Keep cool (11)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS DOWN

2 Scamper (3) 3 Ingenuous (5) 4 Shine (6) 5 Unrestrained (7) 6 Deport (9) 7 Accountancy (11) 8 Venture (11) 12 Fruit shrub (5,4) 15 Outdoor (4-3) 17 Twine (6) 19 Drive (5) 21 Quick perception (3)

Across: 4 Propose; 8 Osprey; 9 Special; 10 Tights; 11 Relate; 12 Flagrant; 18 Marriage; 20 Plates; 21 Pastel; 22 Display; 23 Petals; 24 Ushered. Down: 1 Fortify; 2 Epigram; 3 Letter; 5 Reporter; 6 Pickle; 7 Shanty; 13 Arms race; 14 Partial; 15 Cellist; 16 Plains; 17 Staple; 19 Reader.