DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Breakfast’s starter to

lift cook (6)

4 Ancient drunk

gaoled (3-3)

9 Annoy fellow inside with

firearm (5)

10 Cocaine moved to the

Pacific, perhaps (7)

11 Puts grease on family as

protective coat (7) 12 Best one, first in class in

subject (5)

13 I practised a new branch

of medicine (11)

18 Reportedly detect coins (5)

20 Person put forward to

reorganise one mine (7)

22 Communist stood for symbol of Lancashire (3,4)

23 Head of sales objects to

broadcasts (5) 24 Noticed the man with Edmund and Edwin (6)

25 Strange child? More than likely! (4-2) Downis found in

1 Assume gold

hilltop (6)

2 Ramsey’s double’s

a plant (7)

3 Dot should start

to kiss (5)

5 Bigger kitchen

utensil, say (7)

6 Admit love for women getting up wordplay (3,2)

7 Two months to take the essence (6)

8 Climber getting enumeration mixed up (11)

14 Fantastic bodies about right to undress (7)

15 Dogs’ teeth (7)

16 Twenty lose direction before church char (6)

17 Spice up autumn,

for example (6)

19 Prod undraped statue holding end of prong (5)

21 Contemplated

scattered sedum (5) 24

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Cheerful (6)

4 Critical appraisal of a book,

film etc (6)

9 Seasonal stage show (5)

10 Edgy (7)

11 Naturally fermented beer (4,3)

12 Peaceful and happy bucolic

scene (5)

13 Employee on duty at night (5,6)

18 Clear (5)

20 Endanger (7)

22 Decorate (a dish of food) (7)

23 Cold dish (5)

24 Chinese form of light

exercise (3,3) 25 ___ counter, radiation meter (6)

Down

1 Sports arbitrator (6)

2 Less than (7)

3 Smell (5)

5 Previous (7)

6 Piano key (5)

7 Judiciously (6)

8 Not heavy enough (11)

14 Fussy, particular (7)

15 Noise muffler (7)

16 Insignificant (6)

17 Silent floating

plane (6)

19 Welsh breed of dog (5)

21 Dated (5)