Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sponsor, one

reversing? (6)

4 Against most of poetry

by American (6)

9 Dried grass is hard and

yellow initially (3)

10 Nose right in firmly

fixed meal (9)

11 South African girl in

steam bath (5)

12 Plainness of tailless

bird in metropolis (7)

14 Umpteen from a Berlin

menu (11)

17 Right way out is to go

back (7)

18 Hammer is donated,

then left (5)

20 Publish then prepare

for some ironing (2,2,5) 22 Proceeded to reveal

mythical bird (3)

23 Equestrians added clauses (6)

24 Everyone in December turned and shouted (6)

DOWN

1 Order rebuilding of Thebes (6)

2 Uprising supports simpering rodent (5) 3 Opening for a castle architect? (9)

5 Large deer seen in Selkirk (3)

6 Dog leaps in, playfully (7)

7 Voice thanks internally for barbecue dish (5) 8 Unusual aspect there for classroom favourite (8,3)

13 Brewed ales again provide relief from pain (9)

15 Invalidated necessity to wrap tag up (7)

16 Calm replacement of lid with cap (6) 17 Understood to be a man (5)

19 Queen kept in container is all over the internet (5)

21 For each bonus without end (3)