Dual Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Ghostlike appearance of usual partner? (12)

7 Dig for ring among rubbish (4) 8 Average period — for a while (8)

9 Bloke going to the Spanish place of worship (6)

10 Popular turn on training ship — going to the bars! (6)

11 Pause a long time (3)

12 Stench coming from Quasimodo, urban bellringer! (5)

14 A couple of pounds found after highway hold-up (5)

16 Spirit-breaking! (3)

18 Weep about jellied eel used in salad ingredient (6)

20 Ten sort of hesitate, and old Bob comes in (6)

22 Forced to be under pressure (8)

23 Briefly, I had to point

to a suggestion (4)

24 Pretended lack of conceit affects safety — seldom changes (5,7)

DOWN

1 Getting drunk upset old Hess (7)

2 Build lodge (3,2)

3 Regret accepting politician on Left, only to get wrinkled! (6)

4 Song about Jack in desert land (6)

5 Nervy drunk at university gets ahead (7)

6 Notice Timothy returns to be let in (5) 13 Futile request to reduce consumption (7)

15 Crime could make Lena cry (7)

16 Backward agent falls into adhesive lime! (6)

17 Wanted born editor to take in daughter (6)

19 More for the odd player? (5)

21 Understands the need for small branches? (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Mystic, unearthly (12) 7 Base of plant (4) 8 Simultaneously (8) 9 Methodist church (6) 10 Bullion blocks (6) 11 Distinctive period (3) 12 Bad smell (5) 14 Horsebox (5) 16 Mother’s ruin (3) 18 Crunchy stalks (6) 20 Penetrates (6) 22 Emphasised (8) 23 Clever thought (4) 24 Affected lack of pretension (5,7)

DOWN

1 Tipsy, pickled (7)

2 Accommodate (3,2)

3 Tousle (6)

4 Peninsula by the Gulf (6)

5 Strait-laced (7)

6 Own up (5)

13 Without value (7)

15 Theft (7)

16 Plaster of Paris (6)

17 Required, wanted (6)

19 Additional run (5)

21 Tiny bits of tree (5)