DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Conveyed to work and reproved (5,2,4)

9. Not stooping to dishonesty (7)

10. After getting bail somehow, I find an excuse (5)

11. Information that is found in the Arabian Nights (5)

12. They’re said to be loudspeakers! (7)

13. The others pop in for a meal (6)

15. Cut down chesty complications (6)

18. Try at first to entice (7)

20. A lightweight feline (5)

22. Stop a small company taking fifty on (5)

23. It has wings and flies (7)

24. Case perhaps for harmless pursuits (5,6)

Down

2. It’s worn as protection in a prone position (5)

3. Little creatures of high birth (7)

4. It is repeatedly brought up by an outstanding painter (6)

5. Brown bread? (5)

6. Try to make a little yarn go a long way (4,3)

7. Fast walk as a demonstration (6,5)

8. The best side of a club (5,6)

14. A girl after a bit of butter for her kneecap! (7)

16. Anger over a disease (7)

17. Still, it could be interference (6)

19. Means adjusted to accommodate the minister (5)

21. Chemical of growing importance (5)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Unintentional (11)

9. Eternal (7)

10. Of a town or city (5)

11. Musical drama (5)

12. Enter uninvited (7)

13. Sofa (6)

15. Caress (6)

18. Bounty (7)

20. Characteristic (5)

22. Step (5)

23. Feeling (7)

24. Enterprise (11)

Down

2. Jostle (5)

3. Manipulate (7)

4. Unspoken (6)

5. Confidence (5)

6. Spring back (7)

7. Cruel (11)

8. Exciting attention (11)

14. Region (7)

16. Foreseeable future (7)

17. Climb (6)

19. Weird (5)

21. Foreign (5)