DOUBLE CROSSWORD

Cryptic Clues:

Across 1. Scratches, having tied games (9) 8. I shall not be in good health (3) 9. Not the best group for the teacher to take (6-5) 11. News of firing? (7) 12. Magistrates are to be set on! (5) 13. Get a short teetotaller in a muddle (6) 15. In the tube a constant light is seen (6) 17. They are told with least modification (5) 18. Rests but gets ready to be photographed again (7) 20. Refined tongue perhaps? (2,4,5) 22. There could be acatchinit,of course (3) 23. Higher examiner? (4,5) Down 2. Egghead goes under in charge - that’s cool (3) 3. Teacher or giver (5) 4. Charge 100 in a faulty cause (6) 5. Awkward gait of doctor among laminated rock (7)

6. What one has to pay for getting up? (6,5) 7. Applaud workers with explosive noise (4,5) 10. First-class place becomes seat of government (7,4)

11. The genuine article could be large and thin (4,5) 14. Thorough knowledge can be seen (7) 16. Incontrovertible evidence for correction? (6) 19. Give a rise, but it’s fraudulently concocted (3,2) 21. Double unity (3)

Quick Clues:

Across 1. Resolute (9) 8. Hurry (3) 9. Fitting (11) 11. Go forward (7) 12. Fuse (5) 13. Robust (6) 15. Tell (6) 17. Details (5) 18. Sickness (7) 20. Liberator (11) 22. Yellow brown (3) 23. Not bad (9) Down 2. Summit (3) 3. Herd (5) 4. Wear down (6) 5. Defame (7) 6. Plight (11) 7. Augmentation (9) 10. Acquisition (11) 11. Quiescence (9) 14. Remote (7) 16. Scamp (6) 19. Outcast (5) 21. Lubricate (3)