DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Al leaves Down Under

for another country ( 7)

5 Flipping florid! ( 5)

8 Rule concerning gin

sling ( 5)

9 Article in marquees

for occupiers ( 7)

10 Lady Luck at the school

fair, it’s said ( 4)

11 Keep page next to book ( 8) 13 Remarkable, as unpaid

debts are ( 11)

17 Thrilled still on middle of

deck ( 8)

19 Some find us trying to

clean ( 4)

21 Beirut disturbance

involves new engine ( 7)

22 Roves about left- hand

page ( 5)

23 Slow worker has no place

for more rum ( 5) 24 Eg, you’ll demolish Christmas cake ( 4,3)

Down

1 A pile of snow

floating away? ( 6)

2 As hut is demolished for Japanese therapy ( 7)

3 Manages to make them at the Oval? ( 4)

4 Change all ten, variety as another option ( 13)

5 Telephone team for a front- row seat, perhaps ( 8)

6 Person eating at home wearing red, retired ( 5)

7 Southern country protected chaps crawling ( 3- 3)

12 See April turning out garden trellis ( 8)

14 Gear in new

Renault ( 7)

15 Beside clothing shop nearly closed ( 4,2)

16 Powerful tune about

Turk, oddly ( 6)

18 Small amount right

inside cabin ( 5)

20 Bad to exist the

wrong way ( 4)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Sharp- tasting concentrated

alcohol used for flavouring ( 7)

5 Stupid, insensitive ( 5)

8 Fish and ___, seaside meal ( 5)

9 Outside ( 4- 3)

10 Inner skin of a citrus fruit ( 4)

11 Caviar fish ( 8)

13 Celebrity ( 11)

17 Handclapping after a

performance ( 8)

19 Chimney pipe ( 4)

21 Hoodwink ( 7)

22 Over- loud sound ( 5)

23 Note equal to two crotchets ( 5)

24 Notion ( 7)

Down

1 Muscle at the front of

the arm ( 6)

2 Emblem of Scotland ( 7) 3 ___ Rider, Peter Fonda

film ( 4)

4 Brief but fun ( 5,3,5)

5 In a carefree way ( 8)

6 Byword ( 5)

7 Dash ( 6)

12 Flight from reality ( 8)

14 Preparing and cultivating

( land) for crops ( 7)

15 Long bicycle ( 6)

16 Hate ( 6)

18 Hickory nut ( 5)

20 Prepare to remove ( 4)