DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. See 17 Across

4. See 10 Across

8. Having no potential to describe the celebrity (7)

9. Dickensian character to do some swindling (5)

10 & 4Ac. These menaces are certainly not fair! (4,7)

11. Personal disposition of estate shows obstinacy (4-4)

13. Relinquish a small spot (4)

14. Refuse to admit in the garden yonder (4)

16. Swindle the gambler to make more progress! (2,6) 17 & 1Ac. Become insured and keep away from danger (4,5)

20. Route diverted at a distance from the bull! (5)

21. Top men confused about one West Indian spice (7)

22 & 6Dn. To have regard for skill

shows seemliness (14)

23. Does this attract a light sentence? (5)

Down

1. What a travelling orchestra goes on? (9,4)

2. Invigorating talk unfinished by six (5)

3. Stone type required for a girl (4)

4. Various sheets needed for dissertations (6)

5. Approved, if I get involved in different trade (8)

6. See 22 Across

7. Not an urban community on the moon! (9,4)

12. Job vacant – no stamp required (4-4)

13. Discussions to be raised in specific times (7)

15. He's absolutely in control of French location (6)

18. Members of the family for whom jibes have no initial impact (5)

19. Nineteenth-century novel put back in the programmes (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Bestow (5)

4. Tetanus (7)

8. Astounding (7)

9. Volley (5)

10. Obligation (4)

11. Rude (8)

13. Hypocrisy (4)

14. Depend (4)

16. Amount (8)

17. Conceal (4)

20. Supplementary (5)

21. Copy (7)

22. Flood (7)

23. Clothe (5)

Down

1. Bombastic (13)

2. Tarry (5)

3. Neat (4)

4. Pod (6)

5. Client (8)

6. Merry-making (7)

7. Salubrity (13)

12. Introduce (8)

13. Prattle (7)

15. Rigorous (6)

18. Effigy (5)

19. Sort (4)