DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Overturns 7 and 8? ( 8)

6 Exotic teas satisfy

fully ( 4)

8 One closes salon in Italian

city to go to bed ( 4,2)

9 Some had trod entirely on

the animal ( 6)

10 Rude apes struggling to twist someone’s arm ( 8)

13 Raised loaves, they say? ( 4)

14 Principal directors found

at the top of the bed? ( 9)

17 Zone of a tailless

back ( 4)

18 Fungal disease of petals

is destructive ( 4,4)

19 The German follows

meadow guide ( 6)

21 Child, in a swoon I

leave ( 6)

23 Last year lodged

complaint ( 4)

24 Publicity in getaway adventure ( 8)

Down

2 The last word on accepting copper shows shrewdness ( 6)

3 Star among planets

unseen ( 3)

4 Unknown supporter kept by poorly lined grape ( 9)

5 Stir without the

first knight ( 3)

6 Poet on bank with

whiskers ( 9)

7 Hateful person, non- starter, becomes a rascal ( 6)

11 King and journalist

in seat run away ( 9)

12 Narcissist to proceed into a cinema, perhaps ( 9)

15 Tenor travelled round one part of the world ( 6)

16 Put on two men ( 6)

20 Grass found in dry

environment ( 3)

22 Dandy Foreign

Office pawn ( 3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Stretch of road where

stopping is not allowed ( 8)

6 Conurbation ( 4)

8 Endearing touch ( 6)

9 Animal shelter ( 6)

10 Sixth prime number ( 8)

13 At all times ( 4)

14 Atomic emission ( 9)

17 Reside temporarily ( 4)

18 Forcible removal ( from a

dwelling) ( 8)

19 Historic Spanish fleet ( 6)

21 Slowly get into the mind ( 6)

23 Rubber wheel- covering ( 4)

24 Choose with care ( 4- 4)

Down

2 Hate ( 6)

3 Highest or lowest

playing- card ( 3)

4 Conduit for dirty water ( 5,4)

5 Himalayan ox ( 3)

6 Neutralise, offset ( 6,3)

7 Sway on the brink ( 6)

11 Available at once ( 5- 4)

12 Science of food and its effect

on human health ( 9)

15 ( Of the night sky) spangly,

twinkly ( 6)

16 Astrological signs ( 6)

20 ___ Wednesday, beginning

of Lent ( 3)

22 Plant liquid ( 3)