DOUBLE CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 1 Amaze (8)

5 Hastened (4) 9 Harbour (4)

10 Item of hosiery (8)

11 Concur (5)

12 Nourish (7)

13 Give the game away (5,3,5) 18 Categorise (8)

19 Jot (4)

20 Issue (7)

21 Arms or legs (5)

22 Look for (4)

23 Blushed (8)

DOWN: 2 Temporary substitute (7) 3 Ingredient of porridge (7)

4 Avoid committing oneself (3,2,3,5)

6 Flower (7)

7 Stabbing weapons (7)

8 Sacred beetle (6)

13 Prosperity (7)

14 Fancy (7)

15 Girl (6)

16 Building (7)

17 Eminent (7)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Socialist friends? (8)

5 How an engraver may make a good impression? (4)

9 They may come between players (4)

10 Possibly respects apparitions (8)

11 Game that many take to (5)

12 Sphere of vision (7)

13 The extent of a course, for what it’s worth (2,3,2,2,4)

18 A capital fellow (8)

19 Backroom man? (4)

20 Depart later – in pursuit? (2,5)

21 It’s obvious it’s flat (5) 22 It’s something to build on (4)

23 Guiding line about two similar points (8)

DOWN

2 One with a sour disposition, hard to bear (7)

3 The stone archaeologists treat so cryptically (7) 4 Make a speedy apology? (7,6)

6 Trouble with rent may come as a big blow (7)

7 Jostles sleuths about (7)

8 It indicates area, in a manner of speaking (6)

13 Maintains there’s a bit of body in the beers (7) 14 Sweet and affectionate worker (7)

15 The rest of the layers depends on them (6)

16 One better (7)

17 Noise or disturbance can be wearing (7)