DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Times of enchantment (6) 4. Changes his wet

flannels (6)

9. Very busy explaining what the Reign of Terror was (2,4,2,5)

10. Erudite composer shown

the way out (7) 11. Happen to come later (5) 12. Becomes wedged, we

hear, in the doorway (5) 14. Assume in pretence (5) 18. Time to inspire poets

perhaps (5)

19. It's not a positive

answer (7)

21. Taking in, being

obliging (13) 22. Father's attempt to be a kind

of cook (6)

23. They cause a diversion if sent

out (6)

Down

1. Pick out the unmarried (6) 2. Grave taxes can disrupt

them (13)

3. Fruit of the melon variety (5) 5. An entertaining lady (7) 6. Sorts earnings out with

wrong result (13)

7. A sticker for the traditional

method of roasting (6) 8. Study abroad? (5)

13. A mistake in the garden (7) 15. Pull down the tents and

abscond (6)

16. Not the best man to take care

of horses (5)

17. Spoils a signal and gets into a

row (6)

20. Illegally fix game of

snooker (5)