DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

7. Physical protection for a member belonging to us (6)

8. You’ll find me confused with Saul, an Old Testament character (6)

10. One going round as a textile worker (7)

11. Command discipline (5)

12. Lily produces a drink (4)

13. Figures in a ball game (5)

17. The sort of glade where rustling takes place (5)

18. Spritely one engrossed in experiments (4)

22. Everybody gets around to “Coral Islands” (5)

23. Cavalry surrounding a group of attackers (7)

24. When father is around, she is frustrated (6)

25. Sum of money required for a horse (6)

Down

1. French brass hat sounds belligerent (7)

2. Transport the complete works (7)

3. Brooks, the poet (5)

4. Some day the dog will go astray (7)

5. Conductor is caricatured, by the sound of it (5)

6. Nearly all prepare for war and cause a scare (5)

9. Going rate for food in the restaurant car! (5,4)

14. Maize that is included in dinners, for instance (7)

15. Income unvarying in the French way (7)

16. It sounds as though the lady’s outfit is covered with hair (7)

19. Servants help to fill in the manuscript (5)

20. Damp ring encircled by water vapour (5)

21. Shoots a son in France about the start of the movie (5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

7. Glanced (6)

8. Dig (6)

10. Umpire (7)

11. Sketched (5)

12. Wither (4)

13. Humorous (5)

17. Mouldy (5)

18. Substance (4)

22. Gorge (5)

23. Rookie (7)

24. Sheen (6)

25. Border (6)

Down

1. Extol (7)

2. Entrust (7)

3. Eerie (5)

4. Worldly (7)

5. Wide (5)

6. Brag (5)

9. Unmethodical (9)

14. Abstract (7)

15. Sharp (7)

16. Talk (7)

19. Ascend (5)

20. Severe (5)

21. Frighten (5)