Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Not designated as different salesmen (8)
5. Back in Assisi, bird with religious associations appears (4)
9. See 19 Across.
10. Star performer for one of the best passenger vessels (3-5)
11. Go to a scattered region of New Zealand (5)
12. Part of obsolete law that's not exactly accurate (7)
13. Runways used for excursions after touch-downs (7-6)
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Hide Ad18. As leader I'm arranging kind of teaching for slow learners (8)
19 And 9 Across. One learning to fly from a cosy place near the heather (8)
20. Fish caught near the harbour (7)
21. Miltonic work the company must cut short (5)
22. Discharge rifle (4)
23. One not known as a street wanderer (8)
Down
2. As a treat I transpose a little melody (7)
3. Booked for a future match (7)
4. Is it assumed to be a blazer? (7-6)
6. Asian language derived from Belgian? (7)
7. They somehow persist in making mischief (7)
8. Watch was attached to this consort (6)
13. They provide timber for fifty vaulted structures (7)
14. Never settling in different domain near the capital of Canada (7)
15. The sort of games played at home on a raised screen (6)
16. Road accident victim has been in poor health (3-4)
17. A street intersects unspoilt farmland (7)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Slaughter (8)
5. Opinion (4)
9. Tramp (4)
10. Scatter (8)
11. Calibre (5)
12. Component (7)
13. Complete (13)
18. Sniper (8)
19. Merit (4)
20. Aerial (7)
21. Support (5)
22. Gloomy (4)
23. Idiot (8)
Down
2. Tropical fruit (7)
3. Temporary (7)
4. Get help (5,3,5)
6. Jew (7)
7. Wind (7)
8. Animosity (6)
13. Order (7)
14. Matrimonial (7)
15. Dislike (6)
16. Doubter (7)
17. Practical (7)
Monday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 7 Region; 8 Finale; 10 Climbed; 11 Still; 12 Reed; 13 Filmy; 17 Pulse; 18 Cast; 22 Annex; 23 Octagon; 24 Parity; 25 Meagre.
Down: 1 Procure; 2 Ignited; 3 Booby; 4 Winsome; 5 Mania; 6 Hello; 9 Admission; 14 Quixote; 15 Baggage; 16 Stunted; 19 Lamps; 20 Entry; 21 Ether.
QUICK
Across: 7 Abrupt; 8 Follow; 10 Display; 11 Shame; 12 Feed; 13 Lower; 17 Lorry; 18 Undo; 22 Plump; 23 Steward; 24 Revise; 25 Cognac.
Down: 1 Ward off; 2 Prosper; 3 Spell; 4 Rooster; 5 Allay; 6 Sweep; 9 Hypocrisy; 14 Compose; 15 Uncanny; 16 Conduct; 19 Spare; 20 Curve; 21 Demon.