DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Lies about little piece

of land (4)

4 Scheme to study

church feature (8)

8 Vet ran unruly drinking

establishment (6)

9 Wager about everyone

in Swan Lake? (6)

10 Soya product, took four

regularly (4)

11 Obscured English snippets of film, by editor (8)

13 Poorly Ontario dieter

worsening (13)

16 Italian wine, in trial, was the most flavoursome (8)

19 Somewhat unpleasant

request (4)

20 One accompanying another corset to be reshaped (6)

22 South American city

boy ran amok (6)

23 Half full, eagle’s struggling, though body flying (8)

24 Singer back from

Scotland (4)

DOWN

2 TV serial with singing

in the bath? (4,5)

3 Carry out top manager

after four leave (7)

4 Ocean wrecked boat (5)

5 Misty blue ran amok (7)

6 Old college opening place of tissue growth (5)

7 Feel sorry for French street (3) 12 Lovers’ getaway, from work in part (9) 14 Shift a tinier resistance to movement (7)

15 A topic about a pudding (7) 17 Extrovert hoarding treasure (5)

18 Trees chopped short (5)

21 Very upper-class with very little money (3)

QUICK ACROSS

1 ___ Stravinsky, composer of

The Firebird (4)

4 Ambassador (8)

8 Medical centre (6)

9 Being

borrowed (2,4)

10 Air bed (4)

11 Greatly fearing (8)

13 Straightforwardly

(4,3,6)

16 Having no bends (8) 19 Fault, defect (4)

20 Increase threefold (6) 22 Chocolateand-cream pastry (6)

23 Anticipated,

planned for (8)

24 Ran fast (4)

DOWN

2 Flit about (9)

3 Bitter feeling (7)

4 Cubed (5)

5 Projects (7)

6 Stared

lecherously (5)

7 ___ Khan, Islamic

leader (3) 12 Bring back to a standard

condition (9)

14 Lack of attention (7)

15 Opens up (7) 17 Walk slowly (5)

18 Step (on) (5)

21 Tyrannosaurus ___,

dinosaur (3)