Crossword - 21/04/2005

Across

1. Do it in a still somehow? (12)

7. Incorrect grown-up (5)

8. Resigned to the cost I worked out (5)

9. Some couturiers not in fashion (3)

10. Obvious love for a party document (9)

11. One that's statuesque and inscrutable? (6)

12. Take the car with a learner plate? Rubbish! (6)

15. Weariness of the girl I duet badly with (9)

17. Ate up a light meal (3)

18. I rant about the locomotive (5)

19. And not the paper on standards (5)

21. Enterprising runner? (12)

Down

1. Is not solaced, somehow, when dejected (12)

2. It's said to make a marriage! (1,2)

3. Foot inscription? (6)

4. Military unit having time to request to go to church (4,5)

5. Gongs with a hole in are musical instruments (5)

6. He's always in the classroom (12)

7. Look at the timepiece (5)

10. Churchman making moron sing? (9)

13. Indications of choice needed to change the stove (5)

14. Vegetable and vase found in rubbish dump (6)

16. Upset the saint with a blemish (5)

20. Regret that it's a French way (3)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Anxiety (12)

7. Weapon (5)

8. Songbird (5)

9. Tear (3)

10. Warranty (9)

11. Overweight (6)

12. Rarely (6)

15. Splendid (9)

17. Insect (3)

18. Dwelling (5)

19. Greek island (5)

21. Tuxedo (6,6)

Down

1. Junior RAF man (12)

2. Self-image (3)

3. Cause to be beloved (6)

4. Long narrow flags (9)

5. Satellite's path (5)

6. Periodic (12)

7. Reddish-brown (5)

10. Intermediary (2-7)

13. Male duck (5)

14. Association football (6)

16. New Zealand native (5)

20. Age (3)

Wednesday's solutions

CRYPTIC: Across - 4 Scandal; 8 Rioted; 9 Unhitch; 10 Diesel; 11 Ocelot; 12 Thousand; 18 Overalls; 20 Return; 21 Launch; 22 Cutlass; 23 Nowell; 24 Cyanide. Down: 1 Predate; 2 Boredom; 3 Deters; 5 Canoodle; 6 Nailed; 7 Anchor; 13 Agonised; 14 Slander; 15 Asphalt; 16 Deputy; 17 Muslin; 19 Reason.

QUICK: Across - 4 Embrace; 8 Origin; 9 Ejected; 10 Resist; 11 Sullen; 12 Pavement; 18 Accustom; 20 Unreal; 21 Secret; 22 Popular; 23 Devour; 24 Meander. Down: 1 Corrupt; 2 Missive; 3 Lissom; 5 Majestic; 6 Recall; 7 Clever; 13 Evaluate; 14 Stardom; 15 Amatory; 16 Invoke; 17 Return; 19 Uneven.