Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Single man deprived of

a grave (6)

4 Father and mother touring an American country (6)

9 Mother heading west harbouring one objective (3)

10 Takes clothes off back, finished – stay the night (5,4)

11 Difficult problem

unravelling ropes (5)

12 Popular liking for the

early days (7)

14 Appliance for glass includes withered key (6‑5)

17 Day came to go round

special school (7)

18 Number ride off to get

a drink (5)

20 Behind Sierra, ran

amok (2,7)

22 Surprised expression

from business circle (3) 23 Appear to be an

electronic blend? (6)

24 European country’s housing development (6)

DOWN

1 Tricky fellows pitch a

tent in seconds (6)

2 Fruit miles off (5)

3 Back inside, I feel bare simply because I’m wretched (9)

5 Fuse unit in webcam

plug (3)

6 Go ahead and get a

loan (7)

7 Display a f‑fish (5)

8 Male midwife? (8,3)

13 Estimates made by accountant sheltering in woods (9)

15 Girl fighting enemy’s

leader in the dark (7) 16 Group of trees surrounding nothing but a narrow channel (6)

17 Can I see round

plant? (5)

19 Dwelling in Russia, I

agree to tea (5)

21 Never‑ending anger

leads to scrap (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Amount of medicine (6)

4 Budgetary (6)

9 Animal’s pelt (3) 10 Dining in a

restaurant (6,3)

11 Daft escapade (5)

12 Sofa pillow (7)

14 Diluted perfume (6,5) 17 Temporary problem (7) 18 Reimburse (5) 20 Rate of occurrence (9)

22 Statute (3)

23 Long John ___,

fictional pirate (6)

24 Drinking cup (6)

DOWN

1 Disfigure (6) 2 Thick sweet liquid (5) 3 Resistance fighter (9) 5 Alehouse (3) 6 Frozen treat (4‑3) 7 Allow to enter (3,2) 8 Retailers’ regular recording activity (11) 13 Light coastal wind (3,6) 15 Concerning vision (7) 16 Expensive seafood item (6) 17 From Zurich or Geneva, eg (5) 19 Strip of wood (5)

21 Colouring agent (3)