DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Dowdy swimmer swallows
what’s left (8)
6 Small county where
people go to retire? (4)
8 Broadcast kudos leads
to universal puzzle (6)
9 I will follow the rascal
with the prawns (6)
10 Postpone gripping
conclusion for player (8)
13 Ribbon on small tree (4)
14 Dog-end Edward
cut short (9)
17 Rope-maker parking on
border (4)
18 Presented girl with building
already erected (6,2)
19 New demon about
to swallow river (6)
21 Like a seabird behind
a ship (6)
23 Printing recorrection spotted in haste, thankfully (4)
24 Knock over animal, then
sleep (8)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Jut (8)
6 Fetches (4)
8 Spicy Italian sausage (6)
9 Time ahead of now (6)
10 Wrote music (8)
13 Forced (4)
14 Rummaging (9)
17 Another term for the
Abominable Snowman (4)
18 Informal name for a formal
neckwear item (5,3)
19 Quickly become
skilful at (4,2)
21 Suffering,
impoverished (2,4)
23 Slothfully (4)
24 Tweak (4-4)
DOWN
2 Way round first communications device (6)
3 Low heathland appears
endless (3)
4 Overwhelmed when one religious woman had romantic meeting (9)
5 Part of North Island
belongs to him (3)
6 Louder English
supporter (9)
7 Warehouse unfinished,
almost set to topple (6)
11 Tackle crack soldiers in
heart of ghetto (9)
12 Check booth and put
back in place (9)
15 Arrange again in
Blackpool, for example (6)
16 Verbal quantities
of rock (6)
20 Arrest when prohibition
is about (3)
22 A little bit of immature
frog (3)
DOWN
2 Motive (6)
3 Earl Grey, for example (3)
4 Lacking cover against
loss (9)
5 Imp (3)
6 Football match
proceeds (4,5)
7 Diatribe (6)
11 On the dot (9)
12 CID’s aim (9)
15 Proclaim (6)
16 Elect to power (4,2)
20 Lout (3)
22 ___ bad, adequate (3)