Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Kind found not offside in the box (11)
9. Dismissed as unfashionable (3)
10. He brings a civil action after ordinary quarrel (9)
11. Run on the film-set? (5)
13. Concern for a watcher (7)
14. 'European' could be 'French' (6)
16. English officer about to cry in the theatre (6)
18. Fill the animal with vegetables to pacify (7)
19. Copper goes to the city for a small article (5)
20. Profit from returning book about flux (9)
21. A fellow who might be put on (3)
22. I alone marry unsettled serviceman (5,6)
Down
2. Choose some helicopters (3)
3. A pie's turning brown (5)
4. How one loves expensive things? (6)
5. Brief review of a car accident? (7)
6. Flag, like a slow runner, say (9)
7. Card sharp who might get his fingers burnt? (5,6)
8. Rambling like a derailed train? (3,3,5)
12. The top Leo put around a lens (9)
15. Paul sat up to get a kitchen utensil (7)
17. About to consider and recover (6)
19. Provide what is needed to react badly (5)
21. Some grinding noise (3)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Underhand (11)
9. Finish (3)
10. Treatise (9)
11. Curt (5)
13. Impedimenta (7)
14. Border (6)
16. Streak (6)
18. Small house (7)
19. Wrench (5)
20. Agonising (9)
21. Age (3)
22. Multiply (11)
Down
2. Boy (3)
3. Elbow (5)
4. Simply (6)
5. Notion (7)
6. Story (9)
7. Diploma (11)
8. Respectful (11)
12. Reveller (9)
15. Slow (7)
17. Conviction (6)
19. Bet (5)
21. Consume (3)
Wednesday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Tabs; 3 Motorway; 9 Neutral; 10 Drift; 11 Cabinet-maker; 13 Tennis; 15 Chopin; 17 Disconsolate; 20 Ashen; 21 Itemise; 22 Murderer; 23 Gnat.
Down: 1 Tenacity; 2 Blurb; 4 Oolite; 5 Old-fashioned; 6 Write-up; 7 Yeti; 8 Frankincense; 12 Interest; 14 Neither; 16 Entire; 18 Asian; 19 Harm.
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Hide AdAcross: 1 Etch; 3 Immunity; 9 Trainer; 10 Anvil; 11 Make a mistake; 13 Tights; 15 Sordid; 17 Discriminate; 20 Hotel; 21 Piebald; 22 Contrite; 23 Sham.
Down: 1 Estimate; 2 Crank; 4 Morbid; 5 Unauthorised; 6 Invoked; 7 Yell; 8 In particular; 12 Addendum; 14 Glisten; 16 Limpet; 18 Awash; 19 Chic.