DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Cheerio to old Leo in

party (6-2)

6 Fifty to one it’s material (4)

8 Broadcast kudos leads to

universal puzzle (6)

9 Overindulgence bringing a

penalty on one’s policy (6)

10 Goes on to make a profit (8) 13 Goodness me! We’ve

caught duck (4)

14 Stir a magic rub into gluey

substance (3,6)

17 Horrible kid’s black

rodent (4)

18 Ground that is right to be

less refined (8)

19 Please turn over when

dozing (6) 21 Character on the

slope (6)

23 Invites fool to

entertain king (4)

24 Reveals journey

to top (8)

Down

2 Cleverly handle chap leaving complete works (6)

3 Musical twosome returning during cloudburst (3)

4 List menu changes

to poor eater (9)

5 Violence hides the

matador’s cry (3)

6 Key worker in the

security industry (9)

7 Nut to eat, as

swallowed (6)

11 Umpteen lacking foreign aristocracy (9)

12 Self-raising aid fits

trial outing (9)

15 One grows

flowers (6)

16 Sign with precious

stone in one (6)

20 In favour of support

being curtailed (3)

22 Take on a role in

factory (3)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Convert from

code (8)

6 Harmless (4)

8 Old large heavy

gun (6)

9 Cotton string (6)

10 Available supply (8)

13 Slate-coloured (4)

14 Person who stands

for election (9)

17 Comfortable and

warm (4) 18 Stocky in

stature (8)

19 Seasoned (6)

21 Meaty soup (6)

23 Church

dignitary (4)

24 Grew dim (8)

Down

2 Surface material

of a tooth (6)

3 Charged atomic

particle (3)

4 One per cent (9) 5 Cart track (3)

6 Nimble,

agile (9)

7 Imperfect (6)

11 Large ape of Sumatra and Borneo (5-4)

12 Captain Cook’s

ship (9)

15 Anxiety (6)

16 Adjacent to (6)

20 Carried out (3)

22 Digit of

the foot (3)