DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Country cigar ( 6)

4 Metro shaken by start of relatively minor earthquake ( 6)

8 Bad service causes

offence ( 5)

9 It’s felt the factory

worker came first ( 7)

10 Renoir upset king by

mistake ( 2,5)

11 Or surround the alternative ( 5)

12 A foreign film, not

quite complete, is obstructive ( 9)

17 Somewhat outside medium

range ( 5)

19 Whipped filling to create

a change ( 7)

21 Walker returning stuff to

woman ( 7)

22 Reasonable noise ( 5)

23 Slackness of ten among the

non- clerical ( 6)

24 Seal the opening in secret ( 6)

Down

1 Bird gaspin’ for

breath ( 6)

2 Modern French follower of art in movement ( 7)

3 Doctor gets to the

hill by car ( 5)

5 Put down the phone, no longer engaged? ( 4,3)

6 Left in a lot of

fertiliser ( 5)

7 Equestrians added

clauses ( 6)

9 Retaining gold logo, her problem as second- hand expert? ( 9)

13 Warm drink for

a whizz? ( 7)

14 Relocate capsule

for footwear ( 4- 3)

15 Animal like us with two parents protecting male learner ( 6)

16 Make further amendments to part of agreed itinerary ( 2- 4)

18 Cleaning compound for tin soldiers when trapped ( 5)

20 Alan’s smashed up

about the nose ( 5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Adapt ( 6)

4 Frozen drip of water ( 6)

8 Vigour ( 5)

9 Show mercy ( 7)

10 School absenteeism ( 7)

11 Really cross, livid ( 5)

12 Breakfast food

item ( 6,3)

17 Pamphlet, leaflet ( 5)

19 Gannet! ( 7)

21 Gain a legacy ( 7)

22 Sing, shout ( 5)

23 Edible seed used for

flavouring ( 6)

24 Boarded over ( patio) ( 6)

Down

1 Very powerful ( 6)

2 Intrude on, interrupt ( 7)

3 Furrow the brow ( 5)

5 Decorative moulding between walls and ceiling ( 7)

6 Large Asian country ( 5)

7 Small hole for a lace ( 6)

9 Boxing category ( 9)

13 Changeover period ( 7)

14 Recover ( 3,4)

15 Structures in a multi- storey

building ( 6)

16 Amalgamated, combined ( 6)

18 Fire residue ( 5)

20 Husband of your aunt ( 5)