Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Furtive going round base at a snail’s pace (6)

4 Go wild with triple explosion (3,3)

8 Either way, it’s erected (3,2)

9 Tenant farmer, cert for redevelopment (7)

10 Son lies about big cat (7)

11 Like trees that have been transplanted (5)

12 Wind up head criminal (9)

17 O, a short female relative in desert watering place (5)

19 Stop clever upright (7)

21 Hear those making reparation to novelists (7)

22 Evenly spread sneezes... dusty requirements (5)

23 Skimpy beachwear on Pacific atoll (6)

24 Additional town near Bury (6)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Refrain (6)

4 Catnapping (6)

8 Kayak, for example (5)

9 Go beyond, exceed (7)

10 Variable (7)

11 Genuflect (5)

12 Unfaithful spouse (9)

17 Flowers with thorns (5)

19 Mythical horned horse (7)

21 Popular food fish (3,4)

22 Lawlessness, disorder (5)

23 Odourless gas (6)

24 Grammatical structure (6)

DOWN

1 Cater in a lithe way? (6)

2 Future prospect for confused lout with nothing satisfactory (7)

3 Drinks last drop of wine in error (5)

5 Show‑off’s journey to gripe about (3,4)

6 Tries out religious ceremonies (5)

7 Blackbeard, perhaps, puts deserter into pastry dish (6)

9 Go trawling with small instrument (9)

13 Make out Cinders undergoing transformation (7)

14 Clothes appearing from exotic minaret (7)

15 Company books in which we found spider’s trap (6)

16 Motive regarding a boy (6)

18 Grin though initially scared by the dark, say (5)

20 After racket, turn to dog (5)

DOWN

1 Judicial decision (6)

2 Spanish wine punch (7)

3 Piece of candy (5)

5 Goal scorer (7)

6 Rub out, obliterate (5)

7 Pulverising tool (6)

9 Clippers (9)

13 Steal the show from (7)

14 Read the ___, scold severely (4,3)

15 Quicker than allegro (6)

16 Adopted by all sexes (6)

18 Lathery (5)

20 Scratchy’s cartoon nemesis (5)