Cryptic Crossword

Both sets of clues fit both grids

ACROSS

5 Note to make me Eve’s rib! (9) 8 Sacred phrase for minute bone cavities (6)

9 Nearly on the loose in wood again (6) 10 Mother takes first noble male (3) 11 Apprehensive about Catholic battle call (3,3)

13 Rodent isolated with initially an ailment (6) 15 Daughter never wandered in this boot (6) 18 Unusually big car part (6) 20 Mr Grant’s noisy clamour (3)

21 Whether returning to a small company is a total failure (6) 22 Energy converter breaks down Monday (6) 23 Delicate fabric valued, then torn (9) DOWN 1 Gone off for a month in charge (6) 2 Marital crime with important woman (6) 3 Mysteries of sweep with a tailless horse (6) 4 Drove round and round, go too far (6) 6 Average doctor gets round a first-aider (9) 7 Map lines joining island with mother’s place (9) 12 Grass found in dry environment (3) 14 Firearm cocked at animal (3) 16 Alas, save retiring worker (6) 17 Greek island has streets, we hear (6) 18 Uproar blamed, wrongly (6) 19 Tip in sea when repaired (6)