DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Rue the lack of skip (4)

3. Such applause should make one feel better (8)

8. The standard of German or mathematics (4)

9. Speed to a fortress? (8)

11. Prime Minister, perhaps, as a skilled man? (7,5)

13. Where Muscovites are capitalists? (6)

14. Boy working on a musical composition (6)

17. Yet always major? (12)

20. Set piles dealt with letters (8)

21. Even such a vocal item would be a service (4)

22. Status not accepted lying down? (8)

23. The sides that are not windy get the dregs? (4)

Down

1. Good grooming – evidence of my success as a doctor? (8)

2. Not original writers (7)

4. The ray broadcast is genial (6)

5. Additional insurance in the field? (5,5)

6. She is among their enemies (5)

7. The vapour initially persuades to catch the breath (4)

10. Straight into the nude, badly lacking control (10)

12. Written entry takes a long time in such channels (8)

15. Wrongly name a single flower (7)

16. Scattered the rest round two points (6)

18. Heather getting out in the morning from the US (5)

19. Leonard's glass (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Compassion (4)

3. Urge not to (8)

8. See (4)

9. Counterfeit (8)

11. The best (6,2,4)

13. Wave (6)

14. Expunge (6)

17. Preside (4,3,5)

20. Boundary (8)

21. Eat (4)

22. Strictness (8)

23. Responsibility (4)

Down

1. Delight (8)

2. Characteristic (7)

4. Ascribe (6)

5. Severity (10)

6. Embellish (5)

7. Relaxation (4)

10. Not found out (10)

12. Proximity (8)

15. High spirit (7)

16. Menace (6)

18. By the side of (5)

19. Great way off (4)