DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS: 1 Their productions are suited to a large variety of keys (10)

7 Made a record, being famous (5)

8 Heroic aspirations were associated with his swimming (7)

10 and 20 Down

Certainly not fuel from the deep (4-4,4)

11 Bold stroke made by the commanding officer on horseback? (4)

13 and 15 Baby’s toy near the creepers – they’re poisonous (6,6)

17 What bulls do to produce blood (4)

18 You’ll find the same mixture in twisted floor (8)

21 Cavalryman to continue tediously round the ring (7)

22 To come to the point, it’s a light accessory (5)

23 Recall a lot making this kind of security (10)

DOWN: 1 A turning-point on the factory floor? (5) 2 Willing additions? (8) 3 What a drop in the ocean will produce (6)

4 A section of their ancient country (4)

5 Owned a place to land fish (7)

6 Stimulated to show bravery in the end (10)

9 Is poetry or its translation in store? (10)

12 Endless list of possessions for the man of originality (8)

14 Rent fuss produces a disastrous blow (7)

16 An attractive piece of ironwork (6)

19 Force one to be a schoolleaver (5)

20 See 10 Across

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Loathing (10) 7 Sound (5) 8 Deceive (7) 10 Antipathy (8) 11 Retain (4) 13 Pulverised (6) 15 Improved (6) 17 Muscle (4) 18 Maxim (8) 21 Scrutinise (7) 22 Foreign (5) 23 Promotion (10)

DOWN

1 Elevate (5) 2 Agreeable (8) 3 Frolic (6)

4 Further (4) 5 Merciful (7) 6 Insubstantial (10) 9 Bearing (10) 12 Adorn (8) 14 Outdoor (4-3) 16 Seem (6) 19 Blockhead (5) 20 Squabble (4)