DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Hang up when no
longer engaged? (4,3)
5 Jumped on broken
petal (5)
8 Mass requests for fancy-dress accessories (5)
9 Wild fruit, sort of ripe,
so swallow hard (7) 10 Eastern prince overturns a
container (4)
11 Disregard workers with
sporty trousers (3,5)
13 Cry of despair from
musicians on board? (7,4)
17 Niche fashion, backing old
length of cloth (8)
19 A drain at the earliest
opportunity (inits) (4)
21 Green stone red, male
faked (7) 22 Paid Leroy to
entertain waster (5)
23 Small bird with the
French name (5)
24 Rivet from Tehran
moving on lake (7) DownMr
1 Comment about
Twain (6)
2 Jo’s bone is broken in plastic surgery (4,3)
3 Oven joint, but no
starter (4)
4 Need of legwork to generate prescience (13)
5 Military fanfare for final mail collection (4,4)
6 A female knight
drained of colour (5)
7 One with a key job
in the office? (6)
12 Could be given sea
picture (8)
14 Endlessly affront a leader of Rome, being narrowminded (7)
15 In France, here is
the most cold (6)
16 April’s turned out to
be spring-like (6)
18 Leave of absence,
formerly, to dine (5)
20 Garment’s left among
clothes (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Principal bullfighter (7)
5 Provide (for) (5)
8 Care for sick people (5)
9 Finish the contents of a
glass (5,2)
10 Mode of walking (4)
11 Information given during a law
case (8)
13 Small US town on a railway (7-4)
17 Liquid optical medication (3-5)
19 Magnitude, set of dimensions (4)
21 Angry indignation (7)
22 Shanghai’s country (5)
23 A Whiter ___ of Pale, Procul
Harum classic (5)
24 Anxiously (7)
Down
1 Cope (6)
2 Cast a stain upon (7)
3 The ___ Hunter,
Robert De Niro film (4)
4 New construction (13)
5 Infantile (8)
6 Voucher (5)
7 Vocalist who speaks rhythmically over music (6)
12 Computer ID (8)
14 Mouth or nostril, eg (7)
15 Yellow fruits (6)
16 Birthright (6)
18 Non-speaking actor (5)
20 Survey (4)