DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Start badly, but get a jewel, that’s the plan (9) 8 Finally forego one’s own personality (3) 9 At the same time they were instructed to rearrange solo matches (11) 11 Arrange a star part in a Western? (7) 12 Not bound to be licentious (5) 13 Time to make things palatable (6) 15 Filter the air (6) 17 Such an examination will mean people will be called to account (5) 18 The male sort includes females as well (7) 20 Anyway, watched the whole of the athletics meeting (2,3,6) 22 It’s used in cooking asparagus (3) 23 Stress aid is required for such calamities (9) DOWN 2 Sign of nerves in a stickleback (3) 3 Also mostly the one on a plate perhaps (5) 4 Take a chance (6) 5 Officer over many a sailor (7) 6 Building up afresh what’s left before formal talk (11) 7 Worried about being implicated? (9) 10 Strictly applied it’s neither easy nor slow (4,3,4) 11 Give the wrong directions? (9) 14 Apparent, but not in a sister’s concern (7) 16 Yet they may form a large part of the weekly wash! (6) 19 They feature mainly in churches – bad men, we hear (5) 21 Salt in the mustard! (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Right side of a ship (9) 8 Tavern (3) 9 Honesty (11) 11 Caller (7) 12 Vestibule (5) 13 Summary (6) 15 Cause of quarrel (6) 17 Wrong (5) 18 Indisposition (7) 20 Device to increase speed (11) 22 Allow (3) 23 Mercifully (9)

DOWN

2 Summit (3) 3 Wide bay (5) 4 Behind (6) 5 Resident (7) 6 Refractory (11) 7 Pleasure (9) 10 Revive (11) 11 Skilled in many ways (9) 14 Melodious (7) 16 Sunk (6) 19 Big (5) 21 Lubricant (3)