DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Is worried about son finding pet (6)

4 Hear cast has a period on horseback (6)

9 Joker on vehicle (5)

10 Round motorway, common sense is sinister (7)

11 Take back Religious Education pamphlet (7)

12 Get a sniff, it’s said, of US coins? (5)

13 Make football team break, but run only once (11)

18 Sheriff’s men held by hippos separately (5)

20 Guardian faithful about unreliable set (7)

22 Has a natter about the foreign holiday homes (7)

23 Rips rates apart (5)

24 Organised feasts are least risky (6)

25 Trial, or compromise (6)

Down

1 Fish admitting fighting, though might he run away? (6)

2 Target moved before a race meeting (7)

3 Present-bringer from featureless Antarctica (5)

5 Musical score from The Barber of Seville? (7)

6 Recognised king, now, and knight (5)

7 Help given in class is tremendous (6)

8 Mug drawer, perhaps (11)

14 Be more frugal, though incompetent (7)

15 Misled caterer to go over his tracks again (7)

16 Gaps with small steps (6)

17 Creature eel was swimming round (6)

19 Mark puts on female garment (5)

21 Total to speak (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Loud electric horn (6)

4 Make an appearance (4,2)

9 Levity, merriment (5)

10 Clasping (7)

11 Atomic (energy) (7)

12 Unnerved (5)

13 Person with a financial interest in a company (11)

18 Mountain ash tree (5)

20 Lack of attention and care (7)

22 Mimic (7)

23 Divide between all (5)

24 Ingenious device (6)

25 Ready to fire (gun) (6)

Down

1 Japanese robe (6)

2 Small furry-skinned fruit (7)

3 Shade of yellow (5)

5 Co-operative (7)

6 Rush (past) (5)

7 Many-storeyed Eastern temple (6)

8 Lacking in staff (5-6)

14 Indented (7)

15 Green gem (7)

16 Hard on the patience (6)

17 Be there! (6)

19 Uncanny (5)

21 Relish (5)