DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

4. Needle without an eye? (7)

8. Drop it, perhaps, being apathetic (6)

9. Gets the better of the teachers? (7)

10. Very much the opposite (6)

11. Really can fit when adjusted properly (2,4)

12. Car owner in distress, and showing it! (8)

18. Hide inside bandsmen's concert instruments (8)

20. Someone making things hot for their employer (6)

21. There's no telling if it is to be kept (6)

22. Fight with some noise like a bird (7)

23. Foresee six coming in to eat (6)

24. Where to obtain a degree in common talk (7)

Down

1. The type inclined to emphasise (7)

2. They give people their addresses (7)

3. The pattern of old China (6)

5. If you lose them, you're lost! (8)

6. Released – or shot (3,3)

7. Smart evergreen (6)

13. Garment worn out (8)

14. Prepare to travel in a decent raincoat (7)

15. Seats one pays for (7)

16. A state of perfection (6)

17. They weren't worn long during the Sixties (6)

19. He takes orders and forms a circle (6)

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QUICK CLUES:

Across

4. Recipe (7)

8. Wonder (6)

9. Law (7)

10. Kidnap (6)

11. Originate (6)

12. Scowling (8)

18. Not obligatory (8)

20. To journey (6)

21. To still (6)

22. To cloy (7)

23. Get down (6)

24. Fruit course (7)

Down

1. Lovable (7)

2. Boring tool (7)

3. Swordsman (6)

5. Unqualified (8)

6. Purpose (6)

7. Hidden (6)

13. Image worshipper (8)

14. Magnify (7)

15. A region's weather (7)

16. Decorated (6)

17. Evades (6)

19. Models of perfection (6)