DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Upset inside, quash sob

I know is nonsense (6)

4 As deer struggling,

rubbed out (6)

9 Artist Edward

assessed (5)

10 Pour gravel on a holiday

region (7)

11 Beg for change in net

rate (7) 12 Is furious when gears

twisted (5)

13 Cry of despair from

musicians on board? (7,4)

18 Legally relative (2-3)

20 Party leader has to stay

and officiate (7)

22 No chat show host put up

a weapon (7)

23 Digital record sounding

sordid (5) 24 Quote again and speak from memory (6)

25 Cause of a snore,

possibly (6)

Down

1 Sounds like officer

is a nut (6)

2 West Country city nevertheless upset washing vessel (7)

3 Left in team to make

angled move (5)

5 Considers sending message of goodwill (7)

6 Shoot pigs stampeding round river (5)

7 Elegant character in

dry surroundings (6)

8 Not all the actors and actresses separate (4,7)

14 Novel left in place

in Wales (7)

15 Frosty atmosphere here in France on headland (7)

16 Be indecisive, tired out going round hospital (6)

17 Some had taken Yankee for an East African (6)

19 Short emotional poem Cyril composed (5)

21 Follow unseen,

mostly in disguise (5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 School holidays

month (6)

4 Idles (6)

9 Swell out (5)

10 Passage from a book (7)

11 Casual shoe (7)

12 Dig deep (5)

13 Male soldier from a foot

regiment (11)

18 Go and bring back (5)

20 Shorten (a text) (7)

22 Opening (7)

23 Holy book (5)

24 Clever (6)

25 Patron (6)

Down

1 Surprise attack (6)

2 Old Spanish sailing ship (7)

3 Tiny particle (5)

5 Clearly, in an easily understood

manner (7)

6 Hard substance produced by

tiny aquatic animals (5)

7 Large piece of comfy furniture (6)

8 To be wished otherwise (11)

14 One who does not believe

in God (7)

15 Able to be heard (7)

16 Continent south of Europe (6)

17 Say or do again (6)

19 1960s dance (5)

21 Rise up (5)