DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Single man deprived of

a grave (6)

4 Canal hat (6)

9 Mother heading west

harbouring one objective (3)

10 Takes clothes off back, finished – stay the night (5,4) 11 Difficult problem unravelling

ropes (5)

12 Popular liking for the early

days (7)

14 Appliance for glass includes

withered key (6-5)

17 Day came to go round

special school (7)

18 Number ride off to get

a drink (5)

20 Behind Sierra, ran amok (2,7)

22 Surprised expression from business circle (3)

23 Appear to be an

electronic blend? (6)

24 European

country’s housing Downdevelopment (6)

1 Tricky fellows pitch

a tent in seconds (6)

2 Fruit miles off (5)

3 Back inside, I feel bare simply because I’m wretched (9)

5 Fuse unit in webcam

plug (3)

6 Go ahead and get

a loan (7)

7 Display a f-fish (5)

8 Male midwife? (8,3)

13 Estimates made by accountant sheltering in woods (9)

15 Girl fighting enemy’s

leader in the dark (7)

16 Group of trees surrounding nothing but a narrow channel (6)

17 Can I see round

plant? (5)

19 Dwelling in Russia,

I agree to tea (5)

21 Never-ending anger

leads to scrap (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Amount of medicine (6)

4 Budgetary (6)

9 Animal’s pelt (3)

10 Dining in a restaurant (6,3)

11 Daft escapade (5)

12 Sofa pillow (7)

14 Diluted perfume (6,5)

17 Temporary problem (7)

18 Reimburse (5) 20 Rate of

occurrence (9)

22 Statute (3)

23 Long John __,

fictional pirate (6)

24 Drinking cup (6) Down

1 Disfigure (6)

2 Thick sweet

liquid (5)

3 Resistance

fighter (9)

5 Alehouse (3)

6 Frozen treat (4-3)

7 Allow to enter (3,2) 8 Retailers’ regular recording activity (11)

13 Light coastal

wind (3,6)

15 Concerning

vision (7)

16 Expensive

seafood item (6)

17 From Zurich or

Geneva, eg (5)

19 Strip of

wood (5)

21 Colouring

agent (3)