DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Panda quits north returns to

back street and evolves ( 6)

4 Hard to get right in container ( 6)

8 Sailor is back first for stringed

instrument ( 5)

9 Terrible cruelty in producing

tableware ( 7)

10 Let bean decompose -

defensible? ( 7) 11 State short of sodium

for country ( 5)

12 Symbolically calculated by boy with broken rib cage ( 9)

17 Repeat broadcast on the

subject of cricket score ( 5)

19 Only dug out of evil ( 7)

21 In favour of desire

to stretch ( 7)

22 Home leased in bay ( 5) 23 Nonchalant sort

of labourer ( 6)

24 Person studying gets two poor grades in the end ( 6)

Down

1 Effects as groups ( 6)

2 Aerial worker and

girl put up ( 7)

3 Beat from heart or pulse? Both right, perhaps ( 5)

5 Drink could

be nastier ( 7)

6 Overturn object after getting out of bed ( 2- 3)

7 Prime time for making dried grass, so it’s said ( 6)

9 Circulating brochure with good port ( 9)

13 Moved gold

on a boat ( 7)

14 Embraced clue with three D’s, cryptically ( 7)

15 Hot and humid weather finally in issue ( 6)

16 Shellfish consumed

by boy’s terrapin ( 6)

18 Beginnings of

twisted torso ( 5)

20 Loud men make

an appearance ( 5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Hint, warning ( 3- 3)

4 Variety of outdoor bath ( 3,3)

8 Funeral hymn ( 5)

9 Small clump of trees ( 7)

10 Clean ( clothes) ( 7)

11 Shackles ( 5)

12 Dilute hair dye for covering

grey ( 4,5)

17 Common flower in Holland ( 5)

19 Chip- shop sausage ( 7)

21 Blind alley ( 4,3)

22 Thick soft quilt used instead

of blankets ( 5)

23 Large seas ( 6) 24 Double- size

champagne bottle ( 6) Down

1 Walk like a baby ( 6)

2 Upset ( 7)

3 Meadow ( 5)

5 Personal judgement ( 7)

6 Argentinian dance ( 5)

7 Youthful ( 6)

9 Taken aback ( 9)

13 Countless ( 7)

14 Invigorate ( 7)

15 Atelier ( 6)

16 Method ( 6)

18 Go, depart ( 5)

20 Colourless spirit ( 5)