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)