DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

6 Found in Tahiti, a rare head-dress (5)

7 Relatives at home with rules (2-4)

9 One serial exported from Haifa (7)

10 After a short time the ceremony becomes banal (5)

11 Suspecting straight away, if pair leave (2,2)

13 Sign of the Scales? (6)

15 Oyster gems are a non-starter for noblemen (5)

16 Self-sacrificer is back in delivery tram (6)

17 Time in January (early) (4)

20 Gets rid of waste tips (5)

22 Faithful man goes round university church (7)

23 Afraid head of state was anxious (6)

24 Weight lifted at 100 mph (3-2)

DOWN

1 Storyteller from isle up on hill (8)

2 Provide food but react curiously (5)

3 Watch old poet run out (5)

4 Found in parking lot, tissue that’s in the throat (7)

5 Flock waiting to cross river (4)

6 Do material changes, to be bespoke (6-4)

8 Bizarrely snores during damage vetting (10)

12 Long way off in Lindisfarne (3)

13 Make regular journeys to the fold (3)

14 100 being inclined to do dusting (8)

15 Eeyore’s awfully ugly object (7)

18 Main song of two in reserve (5)

19 Hereditary class of actors, we hear (5)

21 Laugh at imitation (4)

QUICK

ACROSS 6 In one piece (5)

7 One who follows an eating plan (6)

9 Deep-seated enmity (7)

10 Highest part of a roof (5)

11 Refuse to obey (4)

13 High worth (6)

15 Phrases (5)

16 Examine (4,2)

17 Body’s tube for blood (4)

20 Present the essential points, in conclusion (3,2)

22 Open (a gate) (7)

23 Patches of land on a farm (6)

24 Muscle pain (5)

DOWN 1 (Pace) around (2,3,3)

2 Snake poison (5)

3 Love intensely (5)

4 Female who will receive the family fortune (7)

5 Pip from which a new plant grows (4)

6 Good enough to rank among the best internationally (5-5)

8 Sailor’s technique (10)

12 Indulged favourite (3)

13 Large flightless bird (3)

14 Ultimate (8)

15 Frog larva (7)

18 Finicky (5)

19 Guts, spirit (5)

21 ___ of Orleans, Joan of Arc (4)