DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Badly rusted piece of cleaning equipment (6) 4. When to tell all (6) 9. An enthusiastic traveller, perhaps, should be avoided by motorists (3,3,3,4)

10. A word for the wise (7)

11. Summer's work is complete (5)

12. A pronounced similarity (5) 14. Stick one's neck out (5) 18. Flier appears to steal in (5)

19. Gives up and goes to bed (5,2)

21. Statistics may be vital in obtaining the result of this (6,7)

22. Last though almost sure to finish first (6)

23. Transfer for a striker? (6)

Down

1. Liable to drop off? (6)

2. Win everything in a lottery with the directors (5,3,5)

3. Fly to an away match (5)

5. He votes for a European king (7)

6. Concise description of most liqueurs (5,3,5)

7. Joint seat (6)

8. Make a declaration in bad taste (5)

13. I leave a clergyman in church (7)

15. Suitable voice for a trio? (6)

16. A portion of rhubarb jam (5)

17. Possibly chants a fragment of song (6)

20. Some more news to repeat (5)