DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 A keen lot of parasites haven’t
finished with fibre (7)
5 Fares badly, although
more secure (5)
8 Brute chewed up the root (5)
9 Make of car has key in tent (7)
10 Give out new item (4)
11 Pam, with a stir, cooked
seasoned beef (8) 13 Term, or theme, adjusted
which measures heat (11)
17 He’s willing to check
rota out (8)
19 Pack away some of the
children’s towels (4)
21 Stupid fellow, for example,
has first-class weapon (7)
22 Pub nearby (5)
23 Sampled last of cider in
new diet (5) 24 Highlights, not
initially, locks (7)
Down
1 Big cat removing head part of flower (6)
2 Stroke board member losing operation for trash (7)
3 Listen to storyteller’s
instrument (4)
4 Ringer’s outpost with signal too garbled (13)
5 Resist meddling with
EU safeguards (8)
6 Rural deity, answer
to animal life (5)
7 Make further amendments to part of agreed itinerary (2-4)
12 Planned to put artist
in terrible danger (8)
14 Lures some apprentice, surreptitiously (7)
15 Titan on time –
finally! (2,4)
16 Lives in centre of Cheddar, place in Somerset (6)
18 Written in census, historical dish of Japan (5)
20 Nameless deserted
plant (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Day of rest and prayer (7)
5 Drug obtained from poppies (5)
8 Division in a boxing match (5)
9 Knotted threadwork (7)
10 Unopened flowers (4)
11 Write incorrectly (8)
13 Time-honoured, established (11)
17 Enlarged glandular tissue
at the back of the nose (8)
19 Iridescent gemstone (4)
21 Duo (7)
22 Broadcasting live (2,3)
23 In a bashful way (5)
24 Bright and shining (7)
Down
1 Disco light (6)
2 Large rock (7)
3 Diplomatic adviser (4)
4 Blundering,
awkwardness (3-10)
5 Opportunity (8)
6 Effigy (5)
7 In a humble manner (6)
12 Strict party line (8)
14 Allay (7)
15 Desert plant (6)
16 Ill-defined and
out of focus (6)
18 Dark-coloured timber (5)
20 Bread bun (4)