DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Formally accuse country without a court (6)

4 Two beginners in the loop and bounce along (6)

8 Manage to get home for argument (3,2)

9 Heartlessly asked to take in total, as expected (7)

10 Illness got from working in metal (7)

11 Passing into Pacific, an altogether different waterway! (5)

12 TV serial with singing in the bath? (4,5)

17 Happen to have firm backing on mongrel (5)

19 Work in the theatre? (7)

21 Candidate, one worried about bomb (7)

22 President’s allowance (5)

23 Brave doctor swallows European rodent (6)

24 Tiny particle for weight (6)

Down

1 Raid on another incursion (6)

2 Loosely hangs end of rod to get fishes (7)

3 Vessel seen in choppy ocean (5)

5 Very small bone and very large implement, say (7)

6 Fruit may be melon (5)

7 Footballer hugging two daughters with hawk (6)

9 Stepped on a vague amount around stadium (9)

13 Plan for artist to go back over mountain chain (7)

14 Inflexible man with social worker (7)

15 Associate with a biscuit (6)

16 Some inspecting preserve gel (6)

18 Mid-sentence mark for butterfly (5)

20 Doctor leaves boat with tool (5)

Across

1 Wages (6)

4 Talk aimlessly (6)

8 Complete disorder (5)

9 Camp in the open air (7)

10 Small grove (7)

11 Famous, well known (5)

12 Female private tutor (9)

17 A further time (5)

19 Cover by wrapping (7)

21 Clothed (7)

22 Cavalry spear (5)

23 Precise person (6)

24 Grain used as food (6)

Down

1 Cut (6)

2 Rubbing (of tight clothing) (7)

3 Person skilled in building with stone (5)

5 Bring forward in position (7)

6 Utter impulsively (5)

7 Scramble (text) (6)

9 Male companion (9)

13 Deer meat (7)

14 The Sound of ___, song from The Graduate (7)

15 Short of cash (4,2)

16 Attraction (6)

18 Change (5)

20 Rate highly (5)