DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Nomads travelling to find fruit (6)

4 Good person beams at lost

animals (6)

9 Some immaculate garment (3)

10 Locate and destroy, based

on hearsay (9)

11 Examination time in short

supply (5)

12 Protection of French barrier (7) 14 Authoritative stuff about

soldiers (11)

17 Led Gobi manoeuvres when

compelled (7)

18 King George leaves adult

to confess (3,2)

20 Tall rogue’s roughed up

drunked yob (5,4)

22 Heavyweight not

experiencing comeback (3) 23 Journalist involved in wheeze to reveal stickler (6)

One in France exploited mint (6) 24 Down 1 Stop and request

fabric (6)

2 Drink second tea (5)

3 Isn’t organ transplant under strict control? (2,1,6)

5 Just a little,

thanks due first (3)

6 Social worker and

girl put up aerial (7)

7 Work out alone,

around five (5)

8 Exhausted model portrayed going around party, upset (5,2,4)

13 Fen grotto sadly

neglected (9)

15 Claimed Aled

held limb (7)

16 Frank and Edward

began (6)

17 Meadow flower round mouth of a bullock? (5) 19 Pays attention to musical symbols (5) 21 Hastened from stranger (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across 1 Reroute (6)

4 Disturbance (6)

9 In time past (3)

10 Grandparent’s

sister (5-4)

11 Sumptuous

meal (5)

12 Container for

baked goods (4,3)

14 Initiate a

conversation (5,3,3)

17 Flatter, cajole (7)

18 Arrives (5) 20 Make certain (9)

22 Hairstyling

aid (3)

23 Stippled (6)

24 Summary (6) Down 1 Snow White’s

companions (6)

2 String quartet

instrument (5)

3 Most important position next to someone (5,4)

5 Chinese zodiac

animal (3) 6 Scathing (7)

7 Glossy fabric (5)

8 Armistice (5,6)

13 Stay well out of

the way (4,5)

15 Perform

again (2-5)

16 Old Testament

songs (6)

17 Fought

(a war) (5)

19 Wizardry (5)

21 Large

primate (3)