DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Overturns 7 and 8? (8)

6 Exotic teas satisfy

fully (4)

8 One closes salon in Italian

city to go to bed (4,2)

9 Some had trod entirely on

the animal (6)

10 Rude apes struggling to twist someone’s arm (8) 13 Raised loaves, they say? (4)

14 Principal directors found

at the top of the bed? (9)

17 Zone of a tailless

back (4)

18 Fungal disease of petals

is destructive (4,4)

19 The German follows

meadow guide (6)

21 Child, in a swoon I

leave (6) 23 Last year lodged

complaint (4) 24 Publicity in getaway adventure (8)

Down

2 The last word on accepting copper shows shrewdness (6)

3 Star among planets

unseen (3)

4 Unknown supporter kept by poorly lined grape (9)

5 Stir without the

first knight (3)

6 Poet on bank with

whiskers (9)

7 Hateful person, non-starter, becomes a rascal (6)

11 King and journalist

in seat run away (9)

12 Narcissist to proceed into a cinema, perhaps (9)

15 Tenor travelled round one part of the world (6)

16 Put on two men (6)

20 Grass found in dry

environment (3)

22 Dandy Foreign

Office pawn (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Stretch of road where

stopping is not allowed (8)

6 Conurbation (4)

8 Endearing touch (6)

9 Animal shelter (6)

10 Sixth prime number (8)

13 At all times (4)

14 Atomic emission (9)

17 Reside temporarily (4)

18 Forcible removal (from a

dwelling) (8)

19 Historic Spanish fleet (6)

21 Slowly get into the mind (6)

23 Rubber wheel-covering (4)

24 Choose with care (4-4)

Down

2 Hate (6)

3 Highest or lowest

playing-card (3)

4 Conduit for dirty water (5,4)

5 Himalayan ox (3)

6 Neutralise, offset (6,3)

7 Sway on the brink (6)

11 Available at once (5-4)

12 Science of food and its effect

on human health (9)

15 (Of the night sky) spangly,

twinkly (6)

16 Astrological signs (6)

20 ___ Wednesday, beginning

of Lent (3)

22 Plant liquid (3)