DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Prune – or other fruit, we hear (4)

3 These performers need pluck! (8)

9 Soldier governed by established order (7) 10 Quarrels, one hears, stop people being dormant (5) 11 Passports – or search warrants? (5,7)

13 Wearisome, but it is changed by a telephone call (6)

15 Killing the return of revolutionary spirit (6)

17 The angler will be more pleased than the oarsman if he does! (7,1,4)

20 Material that goes into the basket (5)

21 Exact and right in an assortment of pieces (7) 22 The skill is to attempt refined workmanship (8) 23 Load not supported by them, apparently (4)

DOWN

1 They foreshadow decimal numeration in the docks (8) 2 Not left without a fault (5) 4 One is prone to use this example of inflation (3-3) 5 Took the baby for a walk around? (12)

6 Did some tricks like a dwarf (7)

7 A meat and vegetable dish in which fish will be found (4) 8 If one has a good deal, one should be successful when doing this (7,5)

12 You’ll require solutions to get rid of these (8)

14 He has no fancy ideals about a catalogue (7)

16 In need of more plumbing! (6)

18 It is defined as a rule (5) 19 Where you’ll find sitters in the studios of academicians (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Infant (4)

3 Ripeness (8) 9 Consistent (7)

10 Lethal (5) 11 Censorious (12) 13 Modern (6)

15 Soup dish (6)

17 Type of biscuit (5-7) 20 Giraffe-like animal (5) 21 Irish girl (7)

22 Every two years (8) 23 Otherwise (4)

DOWN

1 Limit (8)

2 Ecstasy (5)

4 To esteem (6) 5 Inauspicious (12) 6 Vehement (7) 7 Bawl (4) 8 Recompense (12) 12 Enrapture (8) 14 Slaughter (7)

16 A shrub (6) 18 Rest on knees (5) 19 Grave (4)