DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. With which one observes the celestial bodies (4)

3. With the gang, I have a go at brigandage (8)

9. It’s clear, so I’d have the function outside (7)

10. Support a proud movement (5)

11. Supplier of nice cornet, maybe (12)

13. The charm of the staff around the company (6)

15. The reactor has nothing missing - the result could be a big hole! (6)

17. Just the place to show off your strokes (8,4)

20. Sounds like what the angler uses to make a proper adjustment (5) 21. Benevolent, blushing relatives (7)

22. The air of the common man? (4,4)

23. Is questioning a noodle about the “King’s Head” (4)

Down

1. Got the better of a chartered accountant brought in to remove confusion (8)

2. Little one I found in the storehouse (5)

4. Smart arrangement for a statue (6)

5. Record the way we’re growing old - it’s far from cheerful! (12)

6. Cause anguish in intellect or mentality (7)

7. Still one said to live in the Himalayas (4)

8. What those who have taken pictures await (12)

12. Mistakenly perused about fifty introductory pieces (8)

14. The bird was upset by William (7)

16. The first of the swifts is related to the finches (6)

18. More than one monster goes berserk about the end of the year (5)

19. It’s found in a local farmstead (4)