DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Sort of paper used for making a report? (9)

8. Stay silent at the back of a tree (3)

9. Scots one found in a rebuilt dance salon (11)

11. Could the trawl be taken for granted? (7) 12. Rubbish for human consumption (5)

13. Give a rough outline of the playlet (6) 15. Produce something original to cause a fuss (6) 17. We hear a wanderer will supply the bouquet (5) 18. Mischief-maker speaks deceitfully and makes insinuations (7) 20. How one relieving you of weapons behaves? (11)

22. In the event I expected a closely fought game (3)

23. A deadlock is by no means fresh, my friend (9)

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2. The girl and I missing from Verdi's opera (3)

3. He produced Woden after finishing The Thinker! (5)

4. Make a contribution to the same neat arrangement (6)

5. One who once performed as an oppressive creditor (7)

6. In going without food I can change significantly – it's spellbinding (11) 7. Completely out of form? (9) 10. Tenant fuddled by ale sold here (11)

11. The imbalance of Paris in a tidy mess! (9)

14. Vehicles I used in certain pursuits (7)

16. Is going up to wander over a mountain range (6)

19. One in an attitude displaying an air of assurance (5)

21. Left to put up what gets knocked down (3)