DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Tool used for making archery equipment? (3,3) 4. Vegetables that have holes in them (6)

9. Overdressed potter (7,6)

10. They work hard to pull the sailing ships (7)

11. By Jove, the big man was vanquished (5)

12. Joint made of southern hardwood (5)

14. Try composition (5)

18. One hand of cards couldn’t be better (5)

19. It’s best to choose one not saying a word (7)

21. Historically disturbed periods when teas are being served! (8,5)

22. You’ll need some support to finish off the story (6)

23. Rough and ready, maybe, following the start of fashion (6)

Down

1. Dress attachment to cause a stir (6)

2. Letting one’s mind wander when shearing (4-9)

3. The back-end of pork in unusually lean joint (5) 5. Tells how the French put up prices all round (7)

6. Not one who raises a Cairo family! (8,5)

7. A single fibre at the edge of the sea (6)

8. The effrontery to make money (5)

13. There’s a flap when the learner is in one air mishap (7)

15. Islam’s revised a book for the masses (6)

16. Spring tightly fastened (5)

17. Associate Member accustomed to being diverted (6)

20. Coach tour rescheduled round the capital of Tunisia (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Scare (6)

4. Sluggish (6)

9. Bad handling (13)

10. Ease (7)

11. Angry (5)

12. Last (5)

14. Repeated (5)

18. Fool (5)

19. Bewitch (7)

21. Interchange (13)

22. Scope (6)

23. Abundance (6)

Down

1. Grope (6)

2. Trivial (13)

3. Centre (5)

5. Aperture (7)

6. Quibbling (13)

7. Hesitate (6)

8. Boast (5)

13. Workman (7)

15. Small (6)

16. Under (5)

17. Mean (6)

20. Cool (5)