Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Stacks fruit for carriage (8) 6 Enthusiastic sextet in commercial (4) 8 To do with weddings in a hybrid alliance (6) 9 Officially approve if a try is converted (6) 10 Parasite causes vexation among the honourable (6‑2) 13 Run from missile (4) 14 Disguised one new tooth into another (9) 17 First person said to be proprietor of island (4) 18 Out‑of‑this‑world transport has trips all over the place (8) 19 Far from trendy relative almost gets in two rounds (6) 21 Former quote will thrill (6) 23 Beastly sound made when horse runs inside (4) 24 American girl swapped shoes for wellingtons (8)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Laughably silly (8) 6 Newborn infant (4) 8 Men’s hairdresser (6) 9 Handloom worker (6) 10 Like steel or copper, eg (8) 13 Treaty (4) 14 Deprived of strength (9) 17 Minuscule (4) 18 Escape route in case of a blaze (4,4) 19 Bite noisily (6) 21 Injured party (6) 23 Unit of DNA (4) 24 Mountains between France and Spain (8)

DOWN

2 Raid fashionable street (6) 3 Child tucked into tzatziki dip (3) 4 Hello sailor, funny keeping uniform, very funny (9) 5 Beware conflict therein (3) 6 A diet’s not working for remedies (9) 7 Impart knowledge in class (6) 11 Grand elegy on a wild study of trees (9) 12 Number zero, cut in without equal (9) 15 Trap in a niche (6) 16 Small section of felt tiles lifted (6) 20 Limb trapped in cattle grid (3) 22 Lettuce found in ecosystem (3)

DOWN

2 Flabbergasted (6) 3 Male swan (3) 4 Natural feature such as the Great Barrier (5,4) 5 Deep in pitch (3) 6 Curse (9) 7 Violation (of the peace) (6) 11 Bothersome thing (9) 12 Taxi operator (3,6) 15 Perforate (6) 16 Existing in limited quantities (6) 20 Jump on one leg (3) 22 Swindle (3)