Double Crossword

Choice of cryptic or quick puzzle, and (just in case you've been wracking your brains) yesterday's solutions.

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Shrewd piece of vaulting (4)

8. Among a line of waiters (2,3,5)

9. Flighty type who certainly doesn't opt for early retirement! (5-3)

10. Indicates assent, as the sleepy man does (4)

12. Dawdle, as ducks do (6)

14. Five lodged in shocking holes - positive slums (6)

15. The kind of paper awarded to the runner-up! (6)

17. To score as an amanuensis (6)

18. Take the lead in "The Lost Army" (4)

19. They fill in the pools (8)

21. Noted what people did to mark a special occasion (10)

22. Farm producers put to some purpose, we hear (4)

Down

2. One conducting a religious refresher course? (10)

3 And 7 Down. What gales cause in mid-ocean (4,4)

4. Walked from Dorset (6)

5. A rich hoard comes from breaking the law (6)

6. Look at the next page for value of total sales (8)

7. See 3 Down.

11. Think it's not impulsive (10)

13. Turned off to be amused (8)

16. About to classify a popular haunt (6)

17. What may be assumed for working times (6)

18. Discharge the fuel container (4)

20. Forced to be a domestic worker, one hears (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Subside (4)

8. Resident (10)

9. Compress (8)

10. Depend (4)

12. Appal (6)

14. Desire (6)

15. Lodestone (6)

17. Win back (6)

18. Girdle (4)

19. Blend (8)

21. Disgrace (10)

22. Nosegay (4)

Down

2. Make drunk (10)

3. Sort (4)

4. False (6)

5. Mean (6)

6. Beginning (8)

7. Remain (4)

11. Lewd (10)

13. Financial (8)

16. Hat (6)

17. Sell (6)

18. Reserve (4)

20. Frolic (4)

Wednesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 7 Asses; 8 Aconite; 9 Reagent; 10 Ewers; 12 Alcoholism; 15 Law-abiding; 18 Shell; 19 Sackbut; 21 Pallets; 22 Forum.

Down: 1 Fairy tales; 2 Oscar; 3 Isle; 4 Tattoo; 5 Forenoon; 6 Siberia; 11 Summertime; 13 Labelled; 14 Sweetly; 16 Disuse; 17 Abort; 20 Cuff.

QUICK

Across: 7 Nomad; 8 Already; 9 Ailment; 10 Peril; 12 Disrespect; 15 Invaluable; 18 Tanks; 19 Support; 21 Run-down; 22 Anger.

Down: 1 Antagonist; 2 Smell; 3 Edge; 4 Banter; 5 Proposal; 6 Barrier; 11 Literature; 13 Illusion; 14 Evening; 16 Absent; 17 Rough; 20 Plan.