DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 A blank refusal as a matter of habit (4)

3 Make little of (8)

9 Not prosaic, just the opposite (7)

10 Dance, drink and get a bad head (5)

11 Make a crafty move and draw a quick pint (4,1,4,3) 13 Pointless advance warning? (3-3)

15 Two biblical characters bought as a speculation (3-3) 17 How a chap’s amusement may be short-lived? (12) 20 Clubs with lofty aims (5) 21 After a number on the side (7)

22 Always faithful? (8)

23 A drink made differently (4)

DOWN

1 Lashes about the favourite dogs (8)

2 Book for a boy about five (5) 4 No traffic is met in such a street (3,3)

5 Don’t the fair-minded have them? (4,8)

6 An adjective in name only (7) 7 Key engineering work in Holland (4)

8 Early morning service (9,3) 12 Was surprised to have been in front after the start (8) 14 Some soldiers a philosopher gets on with (7) 16 Capacity to get on after bitterness? (6)

18 A number thereabout (5) 19 Just for the record, 500 is over 100 (4)