Twinplex

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Put a polish on bare skin (4)

3 Adopt a position for the most satisfactory journey (8)

8 The middle name of George Richards (4) 9 To cause a break in friendship when gents are disturbed (8)

11 A trip out of town! (7,5)

13 One of a pair of blinkers (6)

14 A successful one will produce the happy medium (6) 17 The bandsman is, in providing music (12) 20A cooler heating apparatus! (8) 21 The way one walks to make an entrance, one hears (4) 22Unreasonably contrary, by way of poetry (8)

23Given payment to do

the catering (4)

DOWN

1 Whitewashed? (8)

2 This may well be the result if a rule is broken (7) 4 Attempts to produce literary articles (6) 5 Presented an ultimatum to attend here - or else! (10) 6 In the translation I construed a Greek dialect (5) 7 Unruffled end to a poetic day (4) 10 Describing a performance which is barely entertaining (10)

12 The apartment mentioned in the document needs blowing up! (8)

15 Can put up the price for fertiliser (7) 16 In any case they have a trying time (6) 18 Horrible drain there’s nothing lower than that (5) 19 A small amount of rain to fall (4)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

1 Soft leather (4) 3 Span (8)

8 Man’s name (4) 9 Alienate (8)

11 Hoedown (7,5) 13 Eyeball cover (6) 14 Spiritualists’

meeting (6)

17 Helpful (12) 20Heater (8)

21 Manner of

walking (4) 22Obstinate (8) 23Fuel (4)

DOWN

1 Whitened (8)

2 Disaster (7)

4 Compositions (6) 5 Menaced (10)

6 Order of

architecture (5) 7 Level (4)

10 Erotic dance (10) 12 Collapsed (8)

15 Fertilizer (7)

16 Panel

members (6)

18 Lowest point (5) 19 Globule (4)