Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Stay well away from work (8)

5. A way I finish the wine (4)

9. Neglect to ring a man back (4)

10. They make the least and the most effort on the track (8)

11. A record number of contestants in the field (5)

12. Was the first to go after a row became embittered (7)

13. Paper clip, perhaps, to keep things secure (5,8)

18. Burst into song about wine? Fair enough! (8)

19. It runs into the sea (4)

20. Man of taste might rue alteration to long poem (7)

21. Partly under water from waves caused by passing vessel (5)

22. Superfluous oil-well (4)

23. Supporters of horse-riders (8)

Down

2. She gives patient advice on social problems (7)

3. Confines one after another, we hear (7)

4. Amusement for which I rent men a tent perhaps (13)

6. Prepared scheme - for winning a tennis match? (3,4)

7. He’s in the right position not to be found out (7)

8. It plays a starring role but doesn’t shine (6)

13. You have to do so (7)

14. Too much self-expression (7)

15. Expound and leave (3,3)

16. Might follow me up to authorise (7)

17. Balances used in eleven supermarkets (5,2)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Equip (8)

5. Suspend (4)

9. Bother (4)

10. Drinking-bout (8)

11. Journal (5)

12. Break (7)

13. Not helped (13)

18. Menace (8)

19. Squad (4)

20. Transgression (7)

21. Bet (5)

22. Cultivate (4)

23. Status (8)

Down

2. Wariness (7)

3. Remark (7)

4. New order (13)

6. Beating (7)

7. Balcony (7)

8. Pair (6)

13. Opening anthem (7)

14. Horrible (7)

15. Prairies (6)

16. Miser (7)

17. Lamp (7)