DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Get a smart plan rearranged (9)

8 Beat a tailless young creature (3)

9 Seeing after a short time the gift of the prophet (6-5)

11 The fellow precedes the girl, we hear – that’s not natural (3-4)

12 One goes to bed to work (5)

13 A sharp pain produced by a needle (6)

15 Injury will make mother go grey (6)

17 Requires to change from being dense (5)

18 A trip to disturb the country lover (7)

20 Becoming slower in playing – all ran to end confusion (11)

22 A way for the French to show regret (3)

23 Sauntering and turning round at the end of the street (9)

DOWN

2 In the event I expect to level the scores (3)

3 Pacific island conveyance (5)

4 This is used for heating fuel on the plane (3-3)

5 A battle colour (7)

6 A matter of taking it in turns to convert a whole people (11) 7 Tool to put to some use (9) 10 Small measures – a hundred interest me in an unusual way (11)

11 Give wrong information to girl in class, we hear (9)

14 As men on the board, they should be impregnable (7) 16 Sounds like a member of the nobility to come on stage (6)

19 Add up nearly everything – and that’s the lot (5) 21 Spaniard almost exhausted (3)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Specious (9)

8 Tune (3)

9 Ping-pong (5-6) 11 Ideal (7)

12 Salt water (5)

13 Fairy king (6) 15 Doghouse (6) 17 Result from (5) 18 Fishing boat (7) 20 US gorge (5,6) 22 Beverage (3) 23 Free from blame (9)

DOWN

2 Meadow (3)

3 Riddle (5)

4 Respiration (6)

5 Elevate (7)

6 Religious drama (7,4) 7 Ship’s screw (9) 10 Twisted sweetmeat (6,5) 11 Pursue by law (9) 14 Intimidate (7)

16 Artist’s workroom (6) 19 Conscious (5)

21 Choose (3)