Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Loiter - at the bar, perhaps (5,6)
9. In favour of a number, say (3)
10. Take away gold from one who defames (9)
11. Conclude that fire breaks out around the north (5)
13. Son has a drink of paint (7)
14. Doctor and drug addict get the cat (6)
16. Part of the head's building (6)
18. Sat up and had a row about being more flavoursome (7)
19. Calendar girl? (5)
20. Wildly rude solos were without savour (9)
21. Car crashes round the bend (3)
22. Dave goes out to Euston and finds desolation (11)
Down
2. Decay back at the hill (3)
3. The lowest point discovered first in Iran somehow (5)
4. Varied traits denote fine performer (6)
5. Work on a railway track to make it iridescent (7)
6. What a composer uses? (9)
7. Tiff? No, Maria simply getting ratification (11)
8. Brick used as a windshield? (6,5)
12. Course for going round in eighty (4,5)
15. Some water I treasure in a hot region (7)
17. Passionate study in painting (6)
19. Girl returns with something valuable (5)
21. Fuss concerning one party (3)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Stubborn (5-6)
9. Pull (3)
10. Heed (9)
11. Courage (5)
13. Fissure (7)
14. Vent (6)
16. Adulterate (6)
18. Fussy (7)
19. Conjecture (5)
20. Bracer (9)
21. Fighting (3)
22. Irrational (11)
Down
2. Label (3)
3. Compose (5)
4. Announcement (6)
5. Admit (7)
6. Get rid of (9)
7. Aloof (11)
8. Inessential (11)
12. Keeping (9)
15. Disallow (7)
17. Forever (6)
19. Enter (3,2)
21. Pale (3)
Wednesday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Just; 3 Epidemic; 9 Rootlet; 10 Lists; 11 Meets the bill; 13 Airing; 15 Grieve; 17 Flower-stalks; 20 Paper; 21 Trotter; 22 Treasure; 23 Herd.
Down: 1 Jeremiad; 2 Smote; 4 Patchy; 5 Deliberation; 6 Moselle; 7 Cash; 8 Closing words; 12 Leisured; 14 Relapse; 16 Crater; 18 Lathe; 19 Spot.
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Hide AdAcross: 1 Jolt; 3 Ordinary; 9 Aspirin; 10 Vista; 11 Overpowering; 13 Sherry; 15 Severe; 17 Bewilderment; 20 Again; 21 Between; 22 Modelled; 23 Type.
Down: 1 Jealousy; 2 Lapse; 4 Renown; 5 Invertebrate; 6 Absence; 7 Year; 8 Proportional; 12 Sentence; 14 Emerald; 16 Edible; 18 Elegy; 19 Calm.