DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Now put out in residential area ( 6)

4 River rodent going back to

surface ( 6)

8 Author to perish without one

enemy ( 5)

9 Worry ions move in time ( 7)

10 Mountain woman needs

a break ( 7)

11 Bury playwriter?

Non- starter ( 5)

12 A harvest store returned

to Greek citadel ( 9)

17 Lovely thing, copper

kipper! ( 5)

19 Like a big cat, one

disturbed in row ( 7)

21 Some offered me a treat

of beef or lamb ( 3,4)

22 Legally local rule ( 5)

23 Writer goes round street

to find restaurant ( 6)

24 Heavy dog struggling to enter pig’s home ( 6)

Down

1 Opens up on dues

adjusted ( 6)

2 Turn thick Greek

cheese in cloth ( 7)

3 West in this position? In which position? ( 5)

5 Not enjoying company at a party ( 7)

6 Doctor, one on street getting slightly wet ( 5)

7 Weep about her sort

of brandy ( 6)

9 George about to put oil on front of aircraft ( 9)

13 Animal always after Rod, holding note ( 3,4)

14 Smothered by attack back in vehicle ( 7)

15 Beetle – vehicle in South Africa, black ( 6)

16 General method to find room for manoeuvre ( 6)

18 Setback over identity

flows ( 5)

20 Coming from moor, bitterns fly in a circle ( 5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Finally ( 6)

4 Talkative bird ( 6)

8 Hard- wearing material,

used in jeans ( 5)

9 Spa, hot tub ( 7)

10 Frugality ( 7)

11 Spookily strange ( 5)

12 Unbelievable ( 9)

17 Not abridged ( 5)

19 One who uses wool

and needles ( 7)

21 Blubber, moan ( 7)

22 Dodge ( 5)

23 Stylish ( 6)

24 Record needle ( 6)

Down

1 Person who rents a room in a house ( 6)

2 Dismiss from a game for a breach of

the rules ( 4,3)

3 Style of dancing that involves a low

bar ( 5)

5 Thousands of years old ( 7)

6 Man’s shaver ( 5)

7 Traditional, non- Western, indigenous

societies ( 6)

9 Pedestrian causing a hazard to traffic ( 9)

13 Journalist’s tool of the trade ( 7)

14 Derisive cry ( 7)

15 Be smarter than ( 6)

16 Vegetables, generally ( 6)

18 Illegal action ( 5)

20 Unreactive ( 5)