DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

6 Texan battle during

gala morning (5)

7 Anything following cold

is got by infection (6)

9 Label as firm, pungent

sauce (7)

10 Insect woman doesn’t

want one (5)

11 Female soldier left

after Rex (4)

13 The route that is taken

by pop tour worker (6) 15 Unsettling sound from

bay, say (5)

16 Saga that engages Ms

Christie (6)

17 Stay hidden while

speaking from bed (4) 20 Warm the Spanish holiday accommodation (5)

22 One serial exported

from Haifa (7)

23 Portion is soft and

oddly clear (6)

24 One article in boring

journal (5)

DOWN

1 Cruelly ban carer from

city Down Under (8)

2 Building hospital in

front of river (5)

3 He’s always ready to

take part (5)

4 View unruly lout with

nothing satisfactory (7) 5 Archaic word for ‘you’

found in courthouse (4) 6 Tough paras making

signs (10)

8 Seeing Tory’s unusual

philanthropy (10)

12 Item of clothing found

in club raid (3)

13 Cover noisy music

style (3)

14 Short approach shot

method (8)

15 Insects under tea cup

(7)

18 Deal with all the

participants (5)

19 Wear down to zero,

deep inside (5)

21 Type of door to hit

about right (4)

QUICK

ACROSS 6 Fad (5)

7 Solar ___, network of nerves in the abdomen (6)

9 Trade restriction (7) 10 Surpass (5)

11 Cut with small

quick strokes (4)

13 Ancient Egyptian

beetle (6)

15 Male rabbits (5)

16 Heavenly

beings (6)

17 Animal’s neck

hair (4)

20 Not edited (5)

22 Craft of creative

paper-folding (7)

23 Professional

writer (6)

24 Medicinal

ointment (5)

DOWN

1 Rural walking (8)

2 Striped African

equine (5)

3 Film holder, reel (5) 4 Conspicuous show

of bravery (7)

5 Sect (4)

6 Sugary currant

cake (7,3)

8 Tempo twice as fast

as normal (6,4)

12 Long-bodied public

transport vehicle (3)

13 Canopy above our heads (3)

14 Legible (8)

15 Covered in irregular marks (7)

18 Seek, invite (5)

19 Slightly intoxicated (5) 21 Friend (4)