Double Crossword

Choose either quick or cryptic clues.

Cryptic Clues: Across

1. Could be the result of the wind in the trees (6)

4. Initial move planned for men on the board (6)

9. Ask for trouble, leading to fiasco at Wimbledon? (5,8)

10. Take off topless bikini! (7)

11. In the local I found the potentate (5)

12. See 8 Down

14. Poet born about the beginning of the year? (5)

18. It’s the end for an Athenian man of letters (5)

19. The moron is not a complete humorist (4-3)

21. Splendid value, shown by current quotation for the pound? (8,5)

22. Polish decoy seen around the street (6)

23. Times of decision increase in the Civil Service (6)

Down

1.

Company in pure arrangement to get back losses (6)

They provide solid bases for the track and they won’t be disturbed easily (5,8)

3. It’s used to make things go round (5)

5. Roguish in any state of chaos (7)

6. Verbal engagement (6,2,5)

7. Charge list for endless traffic disorder (6)

8 & 12Ac. Splendid form for entrants (55)

13. Device for fastening loose plaster! (7)

15. A bit longer than a code (6)

16. An extract from church antiphonals (5)

17. Irritations caused by one chest disorder (6)

20. Let down – look threatening (5)

2.

Quick Clues:

Across

1. Scarcity (6)

4. Servant (6)

9. Random guess (4,2,3,4)

10. Voter (7)

11. Dismay (5)

12. Grant (5)

14. Criminal (5)

18. Laud (5)

19. Meantime (7)

21. Win all (5,3,5)

22. Abrupt (6)

23. Strict (6)

Down

1. Banish (6)

2. At a loss (2,4,4,3)

3. Contaminate (5)

5. Raise (7)

6. Unsuitable (13)

7. Probable (6)

8. Begin (5)

13. Fall back (7)

15. Against (6)

16. Supple (5)

17. Blur (6)

20. List (5)