DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Ship's officer the divorcee

married? (6,4)

7. Encore in France once

more (5)

8. Heartened when loudly

commended (7)

10. Stayed, although escorted

out of place (8) 11. Permit is required in Virginia (4) 13. Horribly amused by the petrifying type (6)

15. Sort of medicine providing protection for the originator (6)

17. Recoil from what punters do (4)

18. As a literary pot-pourri, it's cheap (8) 21. The cavalry surrounding a

group of attackers (7)

22. Kind of boom in which coins

become involved (5)

23. Affirmations meant to be

modified in trials (10)

Down

1. The sort of case used for the

flight (5)

2. The opposite to what talkers

do! (8)

3. Atomic pieces disintegrate in

clue (6)

4. Come across a rhyme for 20 (4) 5. Revolutionary means of getting

power (7)

6. His products may be near at

hand for the present time (10) 9. Indulge in some physical exercise, as the convict will! (2,1,7)

12. A kind of halberd for the resistance fighter (8) 14. Refuse to go through the cases (7)

16. Busy Lizzie, the healing agent (6)

19. Weather signals provided by an individual in the Civil Service (5) 20. Cattle undiminished in strength (4)