DOUBLE CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 1 Rage (5) 4 Defect (7)

8 Strain (7) 9 Frolic (5)

10 Leer (4)

11 Insulting (8)

13 Dumb show (4)

14 Muddle (4)

16 Reveal (8)

17 Brink (4)

20 Oneness (5)

21 Emperor’s wife (7)

22 Fit of temper (7)

23 Devil (5)

DOWN: 1 Certainly (7,1,5)

2 Cancel (5)

3 Greet (4)

4 Fruit (6)

5 Surrounded (8)

6 Stamp (7)

7 British naval hero (7,6)

12 User (8)

13 Errand (7)

15 Respect (6)

18 Vision (5)

19 Copied (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS: 1 A possibility of power? (5)

4 Break down, strangely enough! (5,2)

8 A plant holder! (7)

9 Fully consumed some pate upstairs (3,2)

10 The others take things easy (4)

11 Such a net may become loose (8)

13 This month in Westminster (4)

14 Thunderous applause? (4)

16 It’s in one’s attitude, for example (8)

17 Inevitably it comes in the form of a telegram (4) 20 Fish uncooked in the middle (5)

21 Furnish with a soft tip (7)

22 Keep changing dialect (7)

23 It enables you to say when (5)

DOWN: 1 Unable to take your mind off things? (13) 2 As medals they’re unbeatable! (5)

3 He’s bound to be right (4)

4 Stop a letter giving settlement (6)

5 How a sale should be organised, all things considered (2,1,5)

6 Maintains one’s position – and vies with the Joneses? (5,2)

7 Where strings are pulled to produce spectacular results (6,7)

12 Dies, alas, when attacked (8)

13 Just a moment! (7)

15 Not what one expects from a good writer (6)

18 A right that is strange (5)

19 Pick out the place (4)