Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
7. A different paper to be published (6)
8. Price for one heraldic device (6)
10. One in a class of his own? (7)
11. Put a mark on the envelope that's open (5)
12. Scraps the chances of winning (4)
13. Flung one in the outhouse (5)
17 and 4 Down. Theatrically speaking, he's constantly on the move when working (5-7)
18. Noble look (4)
22. Sounds like a means of receiving the spirit of Shakespeare (5)
23. Barker makes mother rigid (7)
24. Somehow arming the border (6)
25. A formal record for a short time (6)
Down
1. Is to ban the break-up of fortification (7)
2. Regions paradoxically including the downs (7)
3. Potentate plants tree in Pennsylvania (5)
4. See 17 Across
5. It can make music, but it's usually stopped (5)
6. Nibbles at quantities of grain (5)
9. Many cheer the downfall of Satan (4-5)
14. Applaud a justified demand, we hear (7)
15. Re-unite the following for a change (7)
16. Irresponsibly meddles with firearm in back-street (7)
19. Hands a friend the manuscript (5)
20. In the barrel it really is nearly a quart (5)
21. Bustling atmosphere about the street (5)
Quick puzzle
Across
7. Untie (6)
8. Slave (6)
10. Melange (7)
11. Sovereign's headdress (5)
12. Cut (4)
13. Humorous (5)
17. Ghastly (5)
18. Conflict (4)
22. Answer (5)
23. Reveal (7)
24. Thrifty (6)
25. Pail (6)
Down
1. Feathers (7)
2. Live together (7)
3. Rendezvous (5)
4. Climb down (7)
5. Relict (5)
6. Dull (5)
9. Lovely (9)
14. Juror (7)
15. Incite (7)
16. Chemical containing water (7)
19. Hoarse (5)
20. Jet (5)
21. Scrub (5)
Friday's solutions
CRYPTIC
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