DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

4. Regular current recession (7) 8. Private spite is heard (6) 9. Describing one who takes part but isn't fit (7) 10. It's expected to produce negative results (6) 11. Support the action of armed gangsters (4,2) 12. Proved to be a bigger

bounder (8) 18. Now to end confusion,

moderate the volume (4,4) 20. To be so tied will make you

speechless (6) 21. Stir created by feature of

old-time dress (6) 22. Makes sure the clothing is suitable in store, maybe (5,2) 23. Used by those who walk tall (6) 24. The main team patronised by

holidaymakers (7)

Down

1. Expanse of farmland needs alternative mechanised equipment (7) 2. Impart some spirit in a team that's been reorganised (7) 3. A qualification that indicates some latitude (6) 5. Become more cheerful when berthing for a change (8) 6. Try to get the ball from the rigging (6) 7. America is after the record for throwing this (6) 13. So I'd tear a starfish apart (8) 14. They provide openings for nearly everybody in the docks (7) 15. The opposite to how prose is written? (7) 16. The direction of the river from the source (6) 17. Doesn't object to some of the meagre estimates (6) 19. The purest mixture bursts forth (6)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

4. Spouse (7) 8. Beast (6) 9. Loan (7) 10. Quake (6) 11. Exit (6) 12. Curb (8) 18. Implication (8) 20. Prodigy (6) 21. Agree (6) 22. Hoodlum (7) 23. Mood (6) 24. Pupil (7)

Down

1. Grassland (7) 2. Malady (7) 3. Bravery (6) 5. Listeners (8) 6. Samovar (3-3) 7. Pardon (6) 13. Renegade (8) 14. Ennui (7) 15. Disquiet (7) 16. Lessen (6) 17. Vary (6) 19. Save (6)