DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. A moral obligation for tax (4)

3. Fetters the French in makeshift buildings (8)

9. Commotion caused by our Tim with fifty more (7)

10. Topless figure is brown in colour (5)

11. Diamond trimmers are masons (5-7)

13. It was hell before public transport! (6)

15. Linesman who may be seen at the bank (6)

17. They cause alarm by transposing German's score (12)

20. Angry enough to decapitate the buccaneer (5)

21. Quite miserable, but give a list of the particulars inside (7)

22. He takes a chance in breaking the gas meter (8)

23. Wench or winch when following the wind! (4)

Down

1. Disliked formal document

about the examination (8)

2. Trunk and roots tangled together (5)

4. Provide support, but cause some delay (4,2)

5. Shows approval of people's features (12)

6. Free translation of braille (7)

7. Nimble secret agent seen around the capital of Russia (4)

8. Meaty parts of a beast that will fractionally make a whole one, we hear! (12)

12. Public relations officer with press arrangement does well (8)

14. Loudly declare what was once paid by insurance company? (7)

16. Taking part in the jump I required an impartial observer (6)

18. Heather is one in a medley race (5)

19. Encircle a kind of master (4)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Genuine (4)

3. Precise (8)

9. Small house (7)

10. Courage (5)

11. Negligible (12)

13. Allay (6)

15. Thinly-scattered (6)

17. Sum up (12)

20. Extort (5)

21. Guardian (7)

22. Loud and grating (8)

23. Worry (4)

Down

1. Resort (8)

2. Garret (5)

4. Abstract (6)

5. Scornful (12)

6. Abstain (7)

7. Cook (4)

8. Timid (5-7)

12. Respectful (8)

14. Outdoor (4-3)

16. Hearken (6)

18. Change (5)

19. Dregs (4)