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. Disturbed son I calm with a bonus (2-6)

5. A number said to be in favour (4)

9. Back on the right ear (4)

10. Song about Ian being in America (8)

11. Play for time in the market (5)

12. The same clothes (7)

13. Independent organisation that might get under your skin? (8,5)

18. Age-timer used to leave the country (8)

19. A legend in imperial measurement? (4)

20. No right to generate problems for the adolescent (7)

21. Material dug up (5)

22. Flower found in lines, say (4)

23. Counselling about saving Di (8)

Down

2. Monotonous dance? (3-4)

3. Knowledge of a Hawaiian garland worn by a siren (7)

4. What the tyre inspector did at a steady pace? (8,5)

6. Otherwise I have no company on the river (7)

7. Chart Pam returns, by the way (4,3)

8. To fetch nothing in is tedious (6)

13. Jersey tree was broken (7)

14. Hangs around to stir Leo up (7)

15. A man like William? (6)

16. Fliers take rest up in the roof (7)

17. Turn top man into dreamer (7)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Sarcastic (8)

5. Competent (4)

9. So be it (4)

10. Candidate (8)

11. Structure (5)

12. Embed (7)

13. Prank (9,4)

18. Infirm (8)

19. Defeat (4)

20. Vent (7)

21. Fume (5)

22. Monarch (4)

23. Tube (8)

Down

2. Fan (7)

3. Forceful (7)

4. By nature (13)

6. Swagger (7)

7. Permit (7)

8. Dissipate (6)

13. Small field (7)

14. Sale (7)

15. Essay (6)

16. Juror (7)

17. Hand-joint (7)

Monday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Second mate; 7 Again; 8 Cheered; 10 Corseted; 11 Visa; 13 Medusa; 15 Patent; 17 Kick; 18 Pastiche; 21 Raiders; 22 Sonic; 23 Testaments.

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Down: 1 Stair; 2 Converse; 3 Nuclei; 4 Meet; 5 Turbine; 6 Watchmaker; 9 Do a stretch; 12 Partisan; 14 Decline; 16 Balsam; 19 Cones; 20 Neat.

QUICK

Across: 1 Dissection; 7 Hover; 8 Skipper; 10 Endanger; 11 Pelf; 13 Mocked; 15 Lesson; 17 Tomb; 18 Platform; 21 Collier; 22 Swoon; 23 Excellence.

Down: 1 Dived; 2 Sprinter; 3 Easter; 4 Thin; 5 Oppress; 6 Phlegmatic; 9 Refinement; 12 Jettison; 14 Complex; 16 Floral; 19 Ozone; 20 Pine.