Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Give an account of rice beds, perhaps (8)

5. Stylish like some French ices (4)

9. Silver artist in India (4)

10. Fish straying out (8)

11. Another name for a sail that's put up (5)

12. One who prefers cream? (7)

13. Those that might jump out of bed? (6,7)

18. Possibly metering the soldiers (8)

19. Spreading like wildfire? (4)

20. Former husband a metre out from the furthest point (7)

21. Killed by a cooked snail (5)

22. Playwright having to wash up (4)

23. Striving snake I telephone (8)

Down

2. Urge to throw a drink (7)

3. Indian food a man has at one (7)

4. What a careless person might do when making sandwiches (13)

6. Possibly hire one female character (7)

7. Yes coot can be exchanged for prairie wolves (7)

8. Fashionable girl has to leave one colour (6)

13. Shows or hides (7)

14. Great trouble for the volunteers at Henley, for example (7)

15. Figure it's more unfeeling (6)

16. Bird that is an awful brawler (7)

17. Rowdy disrupting the funfair (7)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Direct (8)

5. Second Greek letter (4)

9. Self-satisfied (4)

10. Apt (8)

11. Custom (5)

12. Shutdown (7)

13. Honesty (13)

18. Agree (8)

19. Courageous (4)

20. Italian dish (7)

21. Obstruct (5)

22. Team (4)

23. Precise (8)

Down

2. Drums (7)

3. Torment (7)

4. Valetudinarian (13)

6. Gourmet (7)

7. Eternal (7)

8. Delighted (6)

13. Annals (7)

14. Mourned (7)

15. Rich businessman (6)

16. Hazy (7)

17. Importune (7)

Monday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Bewail; 4 Shower; 9 Filing cabinet; 10 Lucerne; 11 Thick; 12 Stubs; 14 Stage; 18 Often; 19 Inmates; 21 Spine-chilling; 22 Please; 23 Versus.

Down: 1 Baffle; 2 Wildcat strike; 3 Inner; 5 Habitat; 6 Winding stairs; 7 Retake; 8 Screw; 13 Bunkers; 15 Toss-up; 16 Might; 17 Usages; 20 Melee.

QUICK

Across: 1 Assist; 4 Tamper; 9 Embellishment; 10 Serpent; 11 Exact; 12 Views; 14 Devil; 18 Ready; 19 Attract; 21 Unimaginative; 22 Denude; 23 Beings.

Down: 1 Averse; 2 Subordination; 3 Solve; 5 Achieve; 6 Prevarication; 7 Rotate; 8 Mirth; 13 Wayward; 15 Ground; 16 Rapid; 17 Stress; 20 Tease.