Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Turn of phrase for
angelic being (6)
4 Prompt regarding
care (6)
8 Caught by foulsmelling weirdo (5)
9 A lucid sort, plus a co-presenter with
Tess (7)
10 English hog and sheep offering witty remark (7)
11 Song about lamps (5) 12 Keep gold one in
silent grand tomb (9) 17 Noblemen in front of
court? (5)
19 Spooky peacekeepers
getting shrewd (7)
21 Synthetic material seen in superb gallery (7)
22 Unacceptable idea one
rejected (3,2)
23 The Spanish needed to support shrub and wheat measure (6)
24 Martyr Anthony a
bit of a despot (6)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Discontent (6)
4 OK to consume (6) 8 Basil-based Italian
sauce (5)
9 Betting person (7) 10 Funeral
procession (7)
11 Plotted figures on
two axes (5)
12 Bungle (9)
17 Shade of brown (5) 19 Wounded (7)
21 Shiver with
horror (7)
22 Old US sitcom,
___ Lucy (1,4)
23 Reflexive
pronoun (6)
24 Affirm, bear
witness (6)
DOWN
1 Little bag bringing pain,
in the way (6)
2 Practicality is in the
kingdom (7)
3 Rod’s game of
cards (5)
5 Specimen old
enough (7)
6 Country needs
redistribution in aid (5) 7 My goodness, there’s a marine entering river (4,2)
9 Firm politician has nothing but confident sangfroid (9)
13 Outclass sage
(put out) (7)
14 By motorway tent, brewing a beverage (4,3)
15 Scribble on bud
Abe broke (6)
16 Reportedly ring
a bird (6)
18 Staggers through
the dances (5)
20 Last two of juicy
sweets? (5)
DOWN
1 Remove the stitching
from (6)
2 Speaker’s platform (7)
3 Land by the edge
of the sea (5)
5 Harmed, impaired (7)
6 Tree yielding a very
light wood (5)
7 Coarse, bawdy (6)
9 Member of the Guards (9) 13 Pastry roll filled
with fruit (7)
14 Soft lower part of the
listening organ (3,4)
15 Cereal, fruit and nut
breakfast dish (6)
16 Commercial (6)
18 State of melancholy (5)
20 Place where bones
connect (5)