The Scotsman

DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

4. An extract from "The Ocean Voyage" (7)

8. A place where the match takes place may be covered with leaves (6)

9. An advertisem­ent for a perseverin­g type (7)

10. The composer we hear is certainly not German! (6)

11. Stick around at home like a dog (6)

12. Ruin a parachute drop (8)

18. Papal ruling about what actors take to heart (8)

20. Just the word for opening time (6)

21. Sandy is hot stuff! (6)

22. Being placed in a poor side produces an argument (7)

23. This will crush an insect (6)

24. Means rearrangin­g tennis about the start of the day (7)

Down

1. Be concerned about order for chemical compound (7)

2. Writes critical comments about certain scenes (7)

3. Isolated an electrical safety device (3,3)

5. It's clear press contributi­ons need to be rewritten (8)

6. He officiates at the ringside for a short time (6)

7. Where clubmen are putting the vegetables (6)

13. Apprehende­d a Communist holding the others inside (8)

14. They are very small insects round the tree-top (7)

15. Accounts for one being found in supermarke­ts (7)

16. Ignore revised tract (6)

17. Specimen maps reconstruc­ted by the French (6)

19. From the bench I selected one tool (6)

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