Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Melting pot or pots here? (8)

6 Thermal units for clothing (4)

8 Wail in morning during fasting period (6)

9 Start to eat light French cake (6)

10 Travel supports young flyers (8)

13 Cockney conceals fateful March date (4)

14 Craftily coercing European caretaker (9)

17 Reportedly top dog (4)

18 Lot trail drunkenly along the shore (8)

19 Go name different starter words for TV darts players (4,2)

21 Welshman in charge of Scottish football team? (6)

23 Don’t begin extra obligation (4)

24 Reverse happiness for family member (8)

DOWN

2 Motive with regards to a child (6)

3 Remedy not right for Rod (3)

4 Albino cat’s wreckage of plants (9)

5 First woman to rise and fall (3)

6 Reprimand when tag on kilt destroyed (7‑2)

7 Greedy person leaves pet for gold coin (6)

11 Loses one’s composition – careless behaviour (9)

12 Disbelieving article removed from act, special amendment (9)

15 Engage services of alien during wet weather (6)

16 Gambling house where a coin’s wasted (6) 20 Neither part of the minority (3)

22 Item auctioned gets large amount (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Concrete, real (8)

6 Radiance (4)

8 Mark of shame (6)

9 Clay worker (6)

10 Fail to honour (2,4,2)

13 Shoulder shawl (4) 14 Transmit (9)

17 Lacking colour (4)

18 Eavesdrop (6,2)

19 Sacred word or phrase (6)

21 Snub (6)

23 Fashionable (4)

24 Huge heap of dried grass (8)

DOWN

2 Film director’s command (6)

3 Pop group’s engagement (3)

4 Hush‑money (9)

5 Supernatural power (inits)(3) 6 Be squandered (2,2,5)

7 Single (ticket) (3‑3) 11 Agile, like a gymnast (9)

12 Prerequisite (9)

15 Intake of air (6)

16 Acid in lemon juice (6)

20 Fire residue (3)

22 Egg of a louse (3)