Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Proportion Stalin found out to be anti-supernatural (11)
9. Letters to be sent to remote settlement (7)
10. Corn to be seen in the wood? (5)
11. Spoil first-class backing for girl (5)
12. Otherwise cool van could erupt (7)
13. Feeling less for the figure? (6)
15. Blamed for the mad-house (6)
18. Priest loses one in church (7)
20. Big hit - 150 published (5)
22. It's more pleasant in Venice, really (5)
23. Source of gratuities at the race-course? (7)
24. Show men road test (11)
DOWN
2. A man of parts... (5)
3. ...set apart from one extremely tardy (7)
4. Four in neat arrangement are indigenous (6)
5. It's lawful for example in all construction (5)
6. Defence against main attack (3-4)
7. Order remark about fellow dunderhead (11)
8. Tell a British Conservative it's instructive (11)
14. It puts one pupil under glass (7)
16. See carp as the one that got away (7)
17. Jars in fireplaces (6)
19. Roots forming the trunk (5)
21. 8 etc. to reform (5)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Curative (11)
9. Instance (7)
10. Sham (5)
11. Go in (5)
12. Rags (7)
13. Clothe (6)
15. Ship (6)
18. Trap (7)
20. Memorise (5)
22. Stick (5)
23. Jealous (7)
24. Symbolised (11)
Down
2. Centre (5)
3. News (7)
4. Abundance (6)
5. Inappropriate (5)
6. Malady (7)
7. Kindness (11)
8. Animality (11)
14. Trace (7)
16. Invigorate (7)
17. Alcove (6)
19. Portend (5)
21. Exclusively (5)
Tuesday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 No-claims; 5 Four; 9 Rear; 10 Carolina; 11 Stall; 12 Uniform; 13 Splinter group; 18 Emigrate; 19 Foot; 20 Teenage; 21 Denim; 22 Rose; 23 Advising.
Down: 2 One-step; 3 Lorelei; 4 Measured tread; 6 Orinoco; 7 Road map; 8 Boring; 13 Sweater; 14 Loiters; 15 Norman; 16 Rafters; 17 Utopian.
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Hide AdAcross: 1 Sardonic; 5 Able; 9 Amen; 10 Aspirant; 11 Frame; 12 Implant; 13 Practical joke; 18 Decrepit; 19 Rout; 20 Orifice; 21 Smoke; 22 King; 23 Cylinder.
Down: 2 Admirer; 3 Dynamic; 4 Instinctively; 6 Bravado; 7 Entitle; 8 Dispel; 13 Paddock; 14 Auction; 15 Thesis; 16 Juryman; 17 Knuckle.