Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

7. Can Leo's muesli be mixed? (13)

8. Rustic consuming hot game bird (8)

9. Told untruths about the song (4)

10. Create cosmetics (4-2)

12. Comment concerning a boy (6)

14. A burning jacket? (6)

16. Terrible pains to the left of the backbone (6)

18. Search for food (4)

20. Show changes in India, etc (8)

22. Institution? (13)

Down

1. Drink a goalkeeper might go for (8)

2. Possibly recaps on a predicament (6)

3. Insect heard to escape (4)

4. Oversure about fields (8)

5. Possibly blamed for a state of uproar (6)

6. Calendar girl? (4)

11. A bit of a quiet item (8)

13. Responding concerning the Thespian art (8)

15. Animals captured in bronze, brass, etc. (6)

17. A new coin given to me as revenue (6)

19. Got up to get the wine (4)

21. A good-looking item of crockery (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Rapt (4,2,7)

8. Separate (8)

9. Class (4)

10. Advocate (6)

12. Surgical instrument (6)

14. Short-sighted (6)

16. Precision (6)

18. Labyrinth (4)

20. Liveliness (8)

22. Fight (7,6)

Down

1. Lone (8)

2. Adhesive (6)

3. Formerly (4)

4. Menace (8)

5. Sheen (6)

6. Fellow (4)

11. Rescue (8)

13. Posture (8)

15. Gratify (6)

17. Invoke (4,2)

19. Top (4)

21. Try (4)

Thursday's solutions

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Axed; 8 Opalescent; 9 Botanist; 10 Racy; 12 Whisky; 14 Riding; 15 Abroad; 17 Sets in; 18 Pack; 19 Straw-hat; 21 Generation; 22 Dash.

Down: 2 Xenophobia; 3 Dora; 4 Parity; 5 Mentor; 6 Accredit; 7 Stay; 11 Candidates; 13 Stockmen; 16 Dismal; 17 Strain; 18 Pegs; 20 Wand.

QUICK - Across: 1 Drop; 8 Abominable; 9 Spurious; 10 Envy; 12 Scanty; 14 Amerce; 15 Affirm; 17 Vilify; 18 Plea; 19 Massacre; 21 Precarious; 22 Oast.

Down: 2 Respectful; 3 Pair; 4 Colony; 5 Siesta; 6 Farewell; 7 Deny; 11 Vociferous; 13 Nuisance; 16 Memory; 17 Vision; 18 Pipe; 20 Also.