DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Coach is caught here upsetting reserve – pack it in! (3,4) 5 Hunting party surrounded by hippos, seemingly (5) 8 Private meal’s not begun (5) 9 Can hamper have wrapping? (7) 10 Some integrity and courage (4) 11 Son’s sure about sharp taste (8) 13 Japanese custom carried out on a cemetery (3,8) 17 Suspiciously regard cruise ship’s make-up (8) 19 Petri dish filler from Niagara (4) 21 Sign that fish trap is put back in harbour (7) 22 Second one right off coffee (5) 23 Story backed about Conservative leader’s striking effect (5) 24 Colouring porker, people needing last of paint (7)

Down

1 Card game – pontoon, perhaps (6) 2 Star takes pay increase at dawn (7) 3 Hurried to said crag (4) 4 Charge more, without time to relax (3,4,4,2) 5 View gold in South American canal (8) 6 Range of sight (5) 7 Silent movement to join forces (6) 12 Stress I’d be involved in mishap (8) 14 Almost secure garment (7) 15 Small pastry features in sentimental film (6) 16 East not right, ie wrong (6) 18 Join up in forlorn expectation (5) 20 Constantly advertise electrical device (4)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Failing to adhere to social norms (7) 5 Grimace with pain (5) 8 Grass border (5) 9 Filing (7) 10 Gambling counter (4) 11 Mexican broad-brimmed hat (8) 13 Rude offensive behaviour (11) 17 Family favouritism (8) 19 Undulation of the sea (4) 21 Pacific shellfish (7) 22 Goods vehicle (5) 23 Push down (5) 24 Dawdler (7)

Down

1 Apparatus, gadget (6) 2 Alfred Hitchcock classic starring Kim Novak (7) 3 Aid illegally (4) 4 Colour of a cat or butterfly (13) 5 Lucky part of the chicken? (8) 6 Cacophony (5) 7 Yellow alcoholic drink (3-3) 12 Australian sheep farms (8) 14 Flat-bladed cooking utensil (7) 15 Pitch tents (6) 16 Culminated (6) 18 Dental fixture (5) 20 Antlered deer (4)