CRYPTIC DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Reach a decision to

expose the country (4) 4 A prisoner and a

circling snake (8)

8 Vegetable that will

begin to grow (6)

9 Fellow had meal to

give to charity (6)

10 Sound reflection in part

of the chorus (4)

11 Accessible once more, though no deeper, possibly (8)

13 Tell apart by change in

fat-free diet (13)

16 Artificer without a

fancy is excellent (8) 19 Weak porker can’t start

to oink (4)

20 Trap in a niche (6)

22 Powerless, locked in

sauna, bleeding (6)

23 At first loud, articulate

and rich (8)

24 Carbonated soft drink

in espresso daiquiri (4)

DOWN

2 Male, unruly Cypriot taken in by false professor (9)

3 Fall asleep at

unloading point (4-3)

4 Wedding venue you’ve reportedly to change (5)

5 A Detective Sergeant among twelve, etc (3,2,2)

6 Oz snow leopard? (5)

7 Spot little Dorothy (3) 12 Knotted net at sea,

then fished (9)

14 Judge to make mention

of two points (7)

15 Attacks fashionable

streets (7)

17 Learn about internal

organs (5)

18 Go out with judge and

jury? (5)

21 Idiot with brain, but no

head! (3)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Cook in an

oven (4)

4 Influences,

determines (8)

8 Contusion (6)

9 Contention,

conflict (6)

10 Brownishpurple (4)

11 Country bordering

Ukraine (8)

13 Most technologically advanced (5-2-3-3)

16 Top of a goal (8)

19 Knocks (4)

20 Well-founded

(argument) (6)

22 Greatest height (6) 23 Gave a prize to (8) 24 Compass point (4)

DOWN

2 Imaginary musical

instrument (3,6)

3 Distinguished,

famous (7)

4 Old sword-fights (5) 5 Throw away,

eject (4,3)

6 Major blood vessel

of the heart (5)

7 Fairy-like creature (3) 12 Annoys (9)

14 Revolved around (7)

15 Add to and improve (7) 17 Biblical queen’s land (5) 18 Demolished (5) 21 Be indebted to (3)