Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. What those who are busy boxing do (6)
4. Showing composure, one adopted an attitude outside (6)
9. Talks over sanctions having broken down (13)
10. Petroleum and bitumen found near the outcrop (4-3)
11. Change the place for the marriage, we hear (5)
12. Barker gets a degree in theological doctrine (5)
14. You'll find more in saddles holding them (5)
18. Inventories in which the lancers could be seen (5)
19. I'm over the hill and a stalemate results (7)
21. Old Testament philosophy that entails the mutual destruction of seers? (2,3,3,2,3)
22. Attempts the works of Lamb (6)
23. Repository for service clothing (6)
Down
1. Accompany a coster on the move (6)
2. It may well be lost in the operations room! (13)
3. Exhausted river bird found in the street (5)
5. Move more quickly, but not in step (7)
6. Describing crumbly, well-sugared pastry (5,3,5)
7. Wish to hide one among the tangled reeds (6)
8. The practice of deriving great interest from making advances (5)
13. The dominance of Mr Yates, maybe (7)
15. Split stick (6)
16. A piece of embroidery makes an unusual topic (5)
17. It's only my reel that's become twisted (6)
20. A smoother means of travel (5)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Follow-up (6)
4. Support (6)
9. Characteristic (13)
10. Duchy (7)
11. Lighter (5)
12. Try (5)
14. Storehouse (5)
18. Firearm (5)
19. Shorten (7)
21. Inconsistency (13)
22. Urge (6)
23. Wrote (6)
Down
1. Brawl (6)
2. Like lightning (5,2,1,5)
3. Alleviated (5)
5. Bible story (7)
6. Insertion (13)
7. Voucher (6)
8. Garden ornament (5)
13. Vindicator (7)
15. Day nursery (6)
16. Fragment (5)
17. Skinned (6)
20. Uplift (5)
Friday's solutions
CRYPTIC
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Hide AdAcross: 4 Passage; 8 Avenue; 9 Sticker; 10 Briton; 11 Canine; 12 Downfall; 18 Rescript; 20 Sesame; 21 Ginger; 22 Dispute; 23 Beetle; 24 Intends.
Down: 1 Carbide; 2 Reviews; 3 Cut off; 5 Articles; 6 Second; 7 Greens; 13 Arrested; 14 Midgets; 15 Stories; 16 Region; 17 Sample; 19 Chisel.
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Across: 4 Amatory; 8 Lulled; 9 Uncanny; 10 Summon; 11 Factor; 12 Obsolete; 18 Petition; 20 Seraph; 21 Coming; 22 Dignity; 23 Pistol; 24 Deflect.
Down: 1 Blossom; 2 Glimpse; 3 Befool; 5 Manifest; 6 Thatch; 7 Ransom; 13 Emphatic; 14 Vitiate; 15 Snuggle; 16 Demise; 17 Carnal; 19 Ironic.