DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. See 10 Across

7. Part of the construction I considered to be of Greek origin (5)

8. Remove some of the charge

to produce a flashy effect (7) 10 & 1Ac. What may be found at a bargain sale of brushes! (8,10) 11. The stronghold offered military resistance, we hear (4)

13. A container for a variety of

cakes before tea (6)

15. Watch the teleprinter (6)

17. Country in which I didn't

dawdle (4)

18. This clue will give you some

choice (8)

21. Lacking the potential to be

famous (7) 22. Shackles used by those who wish

to drive a long way (5)

23. In sleep etc. it could be a serious

nuisance (10)

Down

1. Firing place a set distance from

the target (5)

2. Make sense of French code (8) 3. Settlement only modified by the

company (6)

4. Ophelia, Goneril and another Shakespearian character inside (4)

5. Radio set-up necessary for

trawlermen? (7)

6. Sid coming back with a piece for

biological analysis (10)

9. One who has acquired an interest

for life (10)

12. Splitting up a body of soldiers (8) 14. State affected by the French city

in US (7)

16. What the campanologist produces, we hear, to evoke sympathetic interest (6)

19. This holds the victim in fatal

suspense (5)

20. Lend support to a speculative

venture (4)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Choice (10)

7. Oust (5)

8. Clearer (7)

10. Outside (8)

11. Minus (4)

13. Struggle (6)

15. Doorway (6)

17. Ale (4)

18. Outlook (8)

21. Directly stated (7) 22. Well done! (5)

23. Dejected (10)

Down

1. Flattened fold (5) 2. Completely (8)

3. Use (6)

4. Vivacity (4)

5. Agree (7)

6. Hateful (10) 9. Determination (10) 12. Practicable (8)

14. Spire (7)

16. Jail (6)

19. Precise (5)

20. Profound (4)