DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Actors left among those
settling (7)
5 Elite group hides in
Minorca, dreadfully (5)
8 For example, tell tale
about vassal (5)
9 Indignation where tour
organised before time (7)
10 Long film seen in the
picture-house (4)
11 He’ll gamble around noon, being recklessly determined (4-4)
13 Peruse a team struggling to find a gauge of distance (4,7)
17 Yet to return withheld rent
when after a lawyer (8)
19 Distance cart reversed (4)
21 Couple happening
to stop (7)
22 Artists in south get
monsoons (5)
23 Rips rates apart (5)
24 Military unit with no time
for diet (7)
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1 French girl in training for
gunshot (6)
2 States: ‘Morning,
Heath!’ (7)
3 Jug can have less
if unopened (4)
4 Stocked remote sort
of safety device (5,8)
5 Crystal sword containing
gold initially (3,5)
6 Arrange fabric in tundra,
permanently (5)
7 Occasions for Eastern air
ducts (6)
12 Brave when loud, then
unable to hear (8)
14 Practical tendency is
found in kingdom (7)
15 Mini dog, perhaps,
seeking mat (6)
16 Do dons work out chance
of betting? (4-2)
18 The thank-you letter (5)
20 Overly moral person begins prudish remonstration in German (4)
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1 Furthermore (7)
5 Cavalry sword (5)
8 Female racehorse (5)
9 ___ reality, computer
simulation (7)
10 Study a book (4)
11 Delight (8)
13 Become accustomed
to (3,1,4,3)
17 West Midlands city (8)
19 Remain as a guest (4)
21 Mythical beast similar
to a horse (7)
22 Workers’ organisation (5)
23 Drive too fast (5)
24 Chemical unit (7)
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1 Earlier than (6)
2 Save from destruction (7) 3 Happy ___, US sitcom (4)
4 Citrus fruit used in liqueurs such as Cointreau, Grand Marnier and Triple Sec (7,6)
5 Sit across (8)
6 Savage person (5)
7 Sign on, join up (6)
12 Important route (4,4)
14 Survive (7)
15 Talent spotters (6)
16 Swan’s chick (6)
18 Gauzy material (5)
20 Medieval instrument (4)