Two-In-One

No 4,500

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Bet a long, striding gait is natural to it! (8) 5 Information obtained from the scoreboard at a match (4) 9 A drawer of money (4) 10 Strong law is broken in the beginning (8) 11 It helps to make poetry and rhyme tremendously effective (5) 12 Girl eager to provide cloth (7) 13 They’re not particular, presumably, about what they sell (7,6) 18 Possibly relating to the whole (8) 19 Just a tree outside (4) 20 Make a book? (7) 21 One I form out of uniformity (5) 22 A reversible action (4) 23 A small band or two allowed (8) DOWN 2 Odd native with Eastern simplicity (7) 3 Increase the confusion of the general (7) 4 The tea planter provides material for shoes (6,7) 6 His play won’t earn him money (7) 7 Turns up and listens (7) 8 It plays a starring role, but doesn’t shine (6) 13 Held - one’s interest (7) 14 Distinguished but inept (7) 15 Win back in rain for example (6) 16 The crime of a receiver of stolen goods? (7) 17 Letter that is spelt badly (7)

SIMPLE CLUES

ACROSS

1 Kinsman (8)

5 Pack away (4)

9 Final (4)

10 Summing (8)

11 Strange (5)

12 Take in (7)

13 Idiocy (13)

18 Exact (8)

19 Look for (4)

20 Not figurative (7) 21 Fragile (5)

22 Cry (4)

23 Gathering (8)

DOWN

2 Deletion (7)

3 Suitability (7)

4 Foolish

traditions (3,5,5) 6 Offering (7)

7 Pallor (7)

8 Quoit (6)

13 Superficial (7)

14 Cravat (7)

15 Mistakes (6)

16 Quack remedy (7) 17 Particular (7)