DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Search of gear abandoned ( 6)

4 Online viewer has natural

trap to get coat back ( 6)

9 Nothing before two days

is strange ( 3)

10 Agile mole fitting fifty

inside ( 9)

11 Earlier churchman ( 5)

12 Craft requires stick to

push in ( 7) 14 Where soldiers fought, blade left, it may appear? ( 11)

17 Creation of hereditary

units is to follow ( 7)

18 Country needs

redistribution in aid ( 5)

20 Keeping a bit back for

making a booking ( 9)

22 A United Kingdom

feathered friend ( 3) 23 Pen was first to be fashioned ( 6)

24 Wait for a motorcycle race to finish ( 6)

Down

1 Insect gathering work, quietly hanging loose ( 6)

2 More than one spoke about raid at one ( 5)

3 Ailment started giving satirist grief ( 9)

5 Urge for breakfast

food ( 3)

6 Tom’s disapproving

cry ( 7)

7 Is allowed to live,

perhaps ( 5)

8 I hire PM’s rep –

top job! ( 11)

13 Noticing revision, one kept making a mint ( 7,2)

15 Many set out to get

general pardon ( 7)

16 Acted like a vandal –

was dismissed ( 6)

17 Bacteria found right inside stones ( 5)

19 Arrange fabric in tundra, permanently ( 5)

21 Feel sorry for French

street ( 3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Remove from power ( 6)

4 Phrased ( 6)

9 Navigation system

( inits) ( 3)

10 Go ___, react in an extreme

way ( 9)

11 Panic ( 5)

12 Initially ( 7)

14 Swiss timepiece ( 6,5)

17 Person who did it ( 7)

18 Spew lava ( 5)

20 Competition coupon ( 5,4)

22 Everyone ( 3)

23 Breach ( 6)

24 Disseminate ( 6)

Down

1 Collar pendant ( 3,3)

2 Penne, eg ( 5)

3 Manufacturer of

footwear ( 9)

5 Ceremonial

sphere ( 3)

6 Desperately severe ( 7)

7 Father ( 5)

8 Restraint ( 4- 7)

13 Chart showing land

height ( 6,3)

15 Release ( a door

fastener) ( 7)

16 Phlegmatic ( 6)

17 Tactical board

game ( 5)

19 Traditional custom ( 5)

21 Absolutely! ( 3)