DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Disapproves of curs seen
going wild (8)
6 Front of refurbished cafe (4)
8 Some GI’s awful conceit (6)
9 Exclusive group with brains taken in by crossword feature (6)
10 Recently stolen US trousers and shorts (3,5)
13 Dispense drinks, we hear,
for the needy (4)
14 Sporting round restricts
oxygen, causing stitch (4,5)
17 Burden of unopened
dividend (4)
18 Some very onerous duties
for each person (8)
19 Chivalrous choir playing
out east (6)
21 Embedded level inside
trendy top (6)
23 Depressed Oxbridge
sportsman? (4)
24 Unsporting cricket conduct
is a winter pastime (8)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Previously (8)
6 Baby bears (4)
8 Frightened (6)
9 Knitted garment (6)
10 Aerosol (5-3)
13 Slender stalk (4)
14 Armour made of small
linked metal rings (5,4)
17 Trace of a wound (4)
18 Peer of the realm (8)
19 Hurry up! (4,2)
21 Arrayed (6)
23 Congeal (4)
24 Means of deciding
a winner (3-5)
DOWN
2 Back off, holding goods
and drink (3-3)
3 This kit contains
snow-shoe (3)
4 Recall past experiences about short skirts before this in France (9)
5 Bisect part that is dry (3)
6 Frivolity of nippy calf
cavorting (9)
7 Small business on top
of voucher (6)
11 Fairies deal effectively
with raised device (9)
12 Strengthen track beside
coast (9)
15 Expose a French valley,
say (6)
16 Heartless sending off,
given flag (6)
20 Variety of lettuce found
in ecosystem (3)
22 Fall behind convict (3)
DOWN
2 Take up (a space) (6)
3 Spoil, disfigure (3)
4 Lowering, decrease (9)
5 Churchyard tree (3)
6 Shooting from both
sides (9)
7 Classical form
of dance (6)
11 Disgusting (9)
12 Personal ID tag
or sticker (4,5)
15 Ornamental spiral (6)
16 Photographic
apparatus (6)
20 Open mesh fabric used
for catching fish (3)
22 Ill-bred dog (3)