DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 A blank refusal as a matter of habit (4) 3 Make little of (8) 9 Not prosaic, just the opposite (7) 10 Dance, drink and get a bad head (5) 11 Make a crafty move and draw a quick pint (4,1,4,3) 13 Pointless advance warning? (3-3) 15 Two biblical characters bought as a speculation (3-3) 17 How a chap’s amusement may be short-lived? (12) 20 Clubs with lofty aims (5) 21 After a number on the side (7) 22 Always faithful? (8) 23 A drink made differently (4)

DOWN

1 Lashes about the favourite dogs (8) 2 Book for a boy about five (5) 4 No traffic is met in such a street (3,3) 5 Don’t the fair-minded have them? (4,8) 6 An adjective in name only (7) 7 Key engineering work in Holland (4) 8 Early morning service (9,3) 12 Was surprised to have been in front after the start (8) 14 Some soldiers a philosopher gets on with (7) 16 Capacity to get on after bitterness? (6) 18 A number thereabout (5) 19 Just for the record, 500 is over 100 (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Frank (4) 3 Clement (8) 9 Feat (7) 10 Climb (5) 11 Stinginess (12) 13 Inform (6) 15 Famish (6) 17 Courteous (4-8) 20 Dye (5) 21 Altercation (7) 22 Cheerful (8) 23 Dregs (4)

DOWN

1 Submissive (8) 2 Banish (5) 4 Whole (6) 5 Perfection (12) 6 Ruffle (7) 7 Former (4) 8 Uncertainty (12) 12 Unmindful (8) 14 Quiver (7) 16 Forgiveness (6) 18 Course (5) 19 Flaccid (4)