DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Go wild with triple

explosion (3,3)

4 No alternative but

to place king in cave (6)

8 Money for a juicy

frozen treat (5)

9 Protects against loss

at sunrise, maybe (7)

10 Partly cover beyond

circuit (7)

11 Cotton thread left

on offshore land (5)

12 Walked casually into sea,

turned rough (9)

17 Level odds confused

seven (5)

19 Bird and dead ape (7)

21 Loyal fellow, Irishman

at uprising (7)

22 Corn tied by woman,

a female (5)

23 Drag into river in flood (6)

24 Strong horse as yet

unreliable, right? (6)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Fight back (6)

4 Outlaw, robber (6)

8 Packing case for

transporting goods (5)

9 Instance (7)

10 Press hard (7)

11 Name (5)

12 Clash, quarrel –

like bulls? (4,5)

17 ___ Milk Wood,

Dylan Thomas play (5)

19 Wicked (7)

21 Coloured arc in the sky (7)

22 Deserve, earn (5)

23 Havoc (6)

24 Revolve (6)

DOWN

1 Two beginners in the loop

and bounce along (6)

2 Bank staff who give away

secrets? (7)

3 Really divine rustic scene

back inside (5)

5 Thief makes a soft

whispering sound (7)

6 City restaurant holds

rubber bands (5)

7 Strange story about

English seafood (6)

9 I’m one undergoing treatment, and not willing to wait (9)

13 Increases side

improvement (7)

14 Fabrics per yard,

as arranged (7)

15 Part of phone provides

entry device to flat (6)

16 Referee almost destroyed

jacket (6)

18 In Essex to loudly praise (5)

20 High points for alien,

but distraught (5)

DOWN

Alcove (6)

Marine bird (7)

Soft brushed leather (5) Electrical fitment (7) Supply point (5)

Sway dangerously (6) Make-up applied to the lids (9)

13 Responsive

to treatment (7)

14 Spanish wine drink (7)

15 Minimum number for

a meeting (6)

16 Mowing blade (6)

18 Milk processing

factory (5)

20 Embalmed Egyptian

found in tombs (5)