DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Carelessly patching evening
hat ( 8)
6 Family insignia displays
weaponry ( 4)
8 Sets forth for America? ( 6)
9 First payment on the rent
will satisfy ( 6)
10 Loss of position when
depressed before autumn ( 8)
13 Hurry to see small missile ( 4) 14 Run my bath another way? It’s probably untrue ( 5,4)
17 Very green, not starting
to become pink ( 4)
18 They last out being
surreptitious ( 8)
19 Preserve lotion on
extremes of eardrum ( 6)
21 Cold place for larynx,
but not very old ( 6) 23 Horse’s gait needing time to go off ( 4)
24 Be jealous, be sort
of rugged ( 8)
Down
2 Is torn about programmes’ musical starts ( 6)
3 Shack closed, not
opening ( 3)
4 Actors absent on Sunday with those shipwrecked ( 9)
5 Dad’s kind of
music? ( 3)
6 Locate and destroy, based on hearsay ( 9)
7 One hoarding last of lucre makes game bid ( 6)
11 Point made another
way ( 5- 4)
12 Plodding to wood circle, not right ( 9)
15 Bird in peaceful maritime environment ( 6)
16 We reversed, leaving the wrong crowd ( 6)
20 Crowd around some
kangaroos ( 3)
22 Bird taken in by
lemurs ( 3)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Without pressure ( 8)
6 Pass the tongue over ( 4)
8 Exact ( 4,2)
9 Clear ( of charges) ( 6)
10 Landing strip ( 8)
13 In a slothful manner ( 4)
14 Opposed to accepted
belief ( 9)
17 Smile radiantly ( 4)
18 Ruined ( stockings) ( 8)
19 Dish of nuts, cereals
and fruit ( 6)
21 Summon ( 6)
23 Accustom to solid food ( 4)
24 Tendon ( 8)
Down
2 Mealtime clothes
protector ( 6)
3 No longer in the game ( 3)
4 Predatory
sea- creature ( 6,3)
5 Genetic material ( inits) ( 3)
6 Convert ( assets) into
cash ( 9)
7 Nippy, cold ( 6)
11 Member of a secret
society ( 9)
12 Wasting away ( 9)
15 Show unwillingness ( 6)
16 Consider ( 6)
20 Speak ___ of, criticise ( 3)
22 Get- up- and- go ( 3)