DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Prohibit string used for explosion (4)

8. Narration by worker to bookkeeper (10)

9. Gaoler is converting harem (8)

10. The others take a breather (4)

12. Confections you and I find in complete groups (6)

14. Wince as bird eats 50 (6)

15. Eager study in painting (6)

17. Convincing little man to join company... (6)

18. ...since it turns to wine (4) 19. It enables one to look at a spectacle (8)

21. O.C., not C-I-C? No! What a mix-up! (10)

22. No centre for the team (4)

Down

2. When nurses are off duty? (10)

3. A convict gets up for a fete (4)

4. Musical balance in practice? (6)

5. Defer uprising by dandy (3,3)

6. Jumpy beginning? (8)

7. In haste tell the printer to let it stand (4)

11. This part of the watch isn't new (6-4)

13. Look at the bit at the lens end (8)

16. Long, narrow cut looks right in fish (6)

17. Minister goes round circle (6)

18. The bishop needs one for promotion (4)

20. Taverns of both hemispheres, perhaps (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Burden (4)

8. Circuitous (10)

9. Shame (8)

10. Salver (4)

12. Be treacherous (6)

14. Reliable (6)

15. Bondsman (6)

17. Make (6)

18. Costly (4)

19. Dregs (8)

21. Urbanity (10)

22. Long tooth (4)

Down

2. Efface (10)

3. Pull (4)

4. Madness (6)

5. Coming (6)

6. Recondite (8)

7. Prop (4)

11. Shrewdness (10)

13. Curb (8)

16. Diminish (6)

17. Club (6)

18. Gull (4)

20. The majority (4)