DOUBLE CROSSWORD

YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:

Across: 4 Stature; 8 Adonis; 9 Ragtime; 10 Gander; 11 Avenue; 12 Together; 18 Skyscape; 20 Pop art; 21 Triple; 22 Tensile; 23 Spirit; 24 Good-bye. Down: 1 Naughty; 2 Coinage;

3 Direct; 5 Tea-party; 6 Totter; 7 Rumpus; 13 Hostelry;

14 Car park; 15 Deserts; 16 Toledo; 17 Passed; 19 Script.

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Assorted towels can’t be bought more cheaply (6)

4. Shrewd enough to catch the redhead in shocking fault (6)

9. Lothario was a business executive! (1,3,2,7)

10. Sticks short notices round this place (7)

11. From the jet he removed volatile liquid (5)

12. Prepare one to be man of the match (5)

14. The kind of pigeon to be found in the sun (5)

18. One agreed bargain is something to aspire to (5)

19. It consists of vehicles on the way to peddle drugs (7)

21. Then indicates how remote objects can be seen, maybe (2,3,8)

22. Female peregrine falcon of mild disposition (6)

23. Barked round the top of the road and made an asinine noise (6)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Parcel (6)

4. Trickery (6) 9. Reckless (13) 10. Unity (7)

11. By ear (5)

12. Secret agents (5) 14. Rot (5)

18. Confess (3,2) 19. Worker (7) 21. Despondency (13) 22. Withdraw (6) 23. Defeated (6)

Down

1. As priests, we hear, they are fleeced (6)

2. Descriptive of the meteorological expert who has made the wrong forecast? (7-6)

3. Clean up some of the tennis courts (5)

5. Think what glasses will do (7)

6. Imaginative air trip? (6,2,5)

7. Metallic glaze could produce a different result (6)

8. Nasty variety of aromatic plant (5)

13. Make very sure there’s no friction - it’s a feature of the Persian Gulf (3,4)

15. In poor health - you need top grade fish (6)

16. Classical accommodation on the top storey (5)

17. An effusive piece of writing that gives a bearing on religious belief (6)

20. He’s busy at playtime (5)

Down

1. Toxin (6) 2. Reporter (13) 3. Follow (5)

5. Trap (7) 6. Discomfiture (13) 7. Threefold (6) 8. Excite (5) 13. Sovereign (7) 15. Football (6)

16. Bet (5)

17. One voice (6) 20. Liking (5)

YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION:

Across: 4 Display; 8 Nought; 9 Acquire; 10 Entail; 11 Deceit; 12 Penalise; 18 Satirise; 20 Bullet; 21 Thread; 22 Viscous; 23 Flagon; 24 Cruelty. Down: 1 Unkempt; 2 Cutting; 3 Thrill; 5 Incident; 6 Pounce; 7 Adroit; 13 Instruct; 14 Lineage; 15 Verdant; 16 Junior; 17 Cliche; 19 Inhale.