DOUBLE CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES ACROSS: 1 Situation (11) 9 On horseback (7) 10 Faint-hearted (5)

11 Consumed (5)

12 Overlook (7)

13 Derided (6)

15 Horrified (6)

18 Recount (7)

20 Accumulate (5)

22 River nymph (5)

23 Legend (7)

24 Informal (4-3-4) DOWN: 2 Frequent (5) 3 Train (7)

4 Kidnap (6)

5 Frequently (5)

6 Kind of lottery (7)

7 Temporary (11)

8 Publicity (11)

14 Conveyor (7)

16 Fight close (7)

17 Warning fire (6)

19 Muddle (5)

21 Wrongly (5)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Time may be on its side (6,5)

9 Pays a brief visit to watch transgression (5,2) 10 Some back well-utilised material (5)

11 Inlay having three points in it (5)

12 Regulated as instructed (7)

13 Tree as old as the Ark! (6)

15 Weighty lemons, perhaps (6)

18 Expert on board (7)

20 Changing a flat could be ruinous (5)

22 A planet or a dog star! (5)

23 Paid no attention to redoing development (7) 24 Farewell photograph may be the last word in defiance! (7,4)

DOWN

2 Eye-catching gadgets (5)

3 It may be worn as a favour (7)

4 It had a backseat driver (6)

5 Chosen from the depot (5)

6 Increase the confusion of the general (7)

7 What parachutists take from aircraft? (6,5)

8 Commanding individual with an important role to play (7,4)

14 Paul is confused about a border flower (7)

16 Possibly send off insults (7)

17 The French take charge in injury (6)

19 Craft about to capsize (1-4)

21 Trunk roots disturbed (5)