DOUBLE CROSSWORD

Cryptic Clues:

Across

1. Western characters who uphold the law (8) 5. Sort of party involved in the longest agenda (4) 9. Make painful progress, lacking backbone (4) 10. The kind of psychological slip that upsets a friend about the middle of January (8) 11. It’s sought by a newspaper company involved in bribe (5) 12. Man to man contest of course (7) 13. Ceremonial symbol for the typists and clerks! (5,2,6) 18. Pear tree destroyed by automatic gun (8) 19. Fuel container required for military vehicle (4) 20. Is interrupting a requirement for cordial (7) 21. They bring endless sorrow to the other sex! (5) 22. Language used in the Quarter Sessions (4) 23. Smartening up one’s clothes is urgent (8)

Down

2. Is this carried out by the locksmith? (7) 3. A rebuke about uncorrected copy (7) 4. He hasn’t been charged before (5,8) 6. Oil change required after journey to the North African port (7) 7. Italian seafarers – see one wrecked near the tip of Gibraltar (7) 8. To cause a postponement is to disconcert (3,3) 13. It’s certain about man being upset by family title (7) 14. One surrounded by fruit is a candidate for the job (7) 15. Contrives to fix games of snooker (6) 16. Gets to the bottom of liquid measures (7) 17. A collection of cutlery required for the restaurant (7)

Quick Clues:

Across

1. Hold back (8) 5. Unhearing (4) 9. Notion (4) 10. Estimate (8) 11. Wash (5) 12. Frugal (7) 13. Institution (13) 18. Illegal drug (8) 19. Near (4) 20. Deductively (1,6) 21. Drive (5) 22. Cultivate (4) 23. Explosive (8)

Down

2. Upright (7) 3. Windpipe (7) 4. Hopelessness (13) 6. Building (7) 7. Cargo (7) 8. Sermonise (6) 13. Bewitch (7) 14. Twining shoot (7) 15. Signal fire (6) 16. Least (7) 17. Disregard (7)