DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Not a high price for an infant entrusted to one's care (5,6)

9. Exhausted by overwork – make disparaging remarks (3,4)

10. Virtuous point to the

story (5) 11. Points to a Socialist

pioneer, we hear (5)

12. Take off topless frock! (7) 13. Having a proprietary interest in a town in Germany (6)

15. Fifty beasts of burden – all

females (6)

18. Cowboy's equipment needed, as trail becomes confused (7) 20. A wit required for this

publication (5)

22. Sad sound for Dickensian

character, we hear (5)

23. He's on the way to work (7)

24. Medieval entertainment –

written by Agatha Christie? (7,4)

Down

2. As yet no adult is less

important (5)

3. Pays a brief visit to watch

transgression (5,2)

4. Foreign representative to seek

advice from endlessly (6) 5. Having two members with

weapons (5)

6. Strange assortment of stones (7) 7. Colour associated with the Red

Sea? (7,4)

8. Boxing attendant nearby, not far

from the winner (5,6)

14. Children's room supplied by

horticultural establishment (7) 16. Strong light to alarm PC,

maybe (3,4)

17. He derives a great interest from

his work (6)

19. Make a rationed distribution for

a great many, we hear (5)

21. Inform ambassador there's a

deadly creature inside (5)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Be ruined (2,2,3,4) 9. Lawlessness (7)

10. Buffalo (5)

11. Musical drama (5) 12. Sooner (7)

13. Swift current (6)

15. Device (6)

18. Bother (7)

20. Brag (5)

22. Scrub (5)

23. Thrown (7)

24. Printing method (11)

Down

2. Speechify (5)

3. Fruit-grove (7) 4. Boisterous girl (6)

5. Exclude (5) 6. Young goose (7)

7. Partiality (11) 8. Ungratefulness (11) 14. Suggest (7)

16. Judge (7)

17. Anger (6)

19. Explode (5)

21. Greenfly (5)