Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Rigidly laid down way to drive in a race? (4,3,4)
9. Mother keeping quiet? (3)
10. Anticipate tree-planting everywhere? (9)
11. Teacher at first request jobs to be done (5)
13. Get a letter and sleep it off (7)
14. Secretly stores twisted ash rod (6)
16. This file takes things one by one (6)
18. Sharp instruments are almost unnecessary (7)
19. Could be power (5)
20. Law and order broken by TNT menace (9)
21. Fuss at a social gathering? (3)
22. An aid to appreciation of light literature? (7-4)
Down
2. Try in the morning about one (3)
3. Removes dozens of frocks from shop initially (5)
4. It's irritating getting on them (6)
5. No, a fish shows style (7)
6. Begin with heather? Alarming! (9)
7. Having played all one's cards? (5-6)
8. How taking turns can change people? (11)
12. Plenty of room for a speed contest? (5,4)
15. Laid out Edward, having grown (7)
17. A flower with no head behind the boat (6)
19. Doctor allowed back to accommodation for motorists (5)
21. Branch of the year, maybe (3)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Dispirited (11)
9. Newt (3)
10. Colleague (9)
11. Finished (5)
13. Fatty (7)
14. Patron (6)
16. Horrified (6)
18. Speak to (7)
19. Handle (5)
20. Infection (9)
21. Self (3)
22. Respectful (11)
Down
2. Deserter (3)
3. Rise (5)
4. Financial (6)
5. Deficient (7)
6. Complicated (9)
7. Memory (11)
8. Delight (11)
12. Degeneracy (9)
15. Raise (7)
17. Hope (6)
19. Dogma (5)
21. Age (3)
Wednesday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Gulp; 3 Panpipes; 9 Lambast; 10 Alloy; 11 Conservative; 13 Untidy; 15 Dry rot; 17 Conversation; 20 Megan; 21 Conifer; 22 Satirist; 23 Army.
Down: 1 Golf club; 2 Lemon; 4 Active; 5 Plaster saint; 6 Palaver; 7 Stye; 8 Water diviner; 12 Stingray; 14 Thought; 16 Precis; 18 Infer; 19 Imps.
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Hide AdAcross: 1 Clap; 3 Edginess; 9 Outlast; 10 Taunt; 11 Circumscribe; 13 Entrap; 15 Grieve; 17 Distractions; 20 Lager; 21 Purloin; 22 Reserved; 23 Oral.
Down: 1 Crotchet; 2 Alter; 4 Detest; 5 Interpreters; 6 Equable; 7 Site; 8 Manufacturer; 12 Personal; 14 Twinges; 16 Sample; 18 Odour; 19 Slur.