DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

8 Month at work for army

swimmer (7)

9 Tribal leader in tree (5) 10 Run away to marry in

novel opening (5)

11 Sailors love tortuous

excuse (7)

12 Like tough tasks

assigned to Poirot? (9) 14 Club for drivers round

golf range (3)

16 Eggs in line, we

hear (3)

17 Orbit Alec corrected in

vehicle (9)

19 Tory seen by nurse

makes claim (7)

21 Looking pale as

chicken (5)

22 Canine mum shows

blind faith (5)

23 Support for member

funny they say (7)

DOWN

1 On the trot in stable (8) 2 Thanks to rise, Crusoe moves furthest from the estuary (2,6)

3 Sword insane peer

holds (4)

4 Son in peace mad to

break free (6)

5 Man left with kitchen fitting, one in European capital (8)

6 Star shown up in solo

discography (4)

7 Authentic tango on

French street (4)

13 American icon man

clues badly (5,3)

14 Sane? Totally (3,5)

15 So I shan’t reveal a

surprise (8)

18 Pal had destroyed

shrine icon (6)

19 Fish with a musical

tail (4)

20 Close to endless

darkness (4)

21 Explosive articles

found in magazine (4)

QUICK

ACROSS

8 Parent’s mother (7)

9 Snow leopard (5)

10 Claptrap (5)

11 Non-professional (7) 12 Rough and ready (9) 14 Also (3)

16 Colour of strawberries (3)

17 Tally of those

present (4,5)

19 Full of

self-importance (7) 21 Wet (weather) (5)

22 Group of lines in a

song (5)

23 Spruce (up) (7) DOWN

1 Kitchen

sandglass (3-5)

2 Got in a flap (8)

3 Boundary (4)

4 Highly seasoned

Italian sausage (6)

5 Lovingly

sentimental (8)

6 Joint in the leg (4)

7 Look squintingly (4) 13 Educated (8) 14 Overrun by sightseers (8) 15 Situated far from the

centre (8)

18 Offer help (6) 19 Lay concrete slabs (4) 20 Female horse (4) 21 Travel aimlessly (4)