Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

7. Celia changes her name (5)

8. Avoiding contact at an informal gathering (7)

9. Alcohol from Athlone? (7)

10. Give a word for 'owned-up' (5)

12. Diana's own take-away? (10)

15. Insincere tribute and terrible spiel on right to have a bad habit (3,7)

18. Operating on a scar reveals bones (5)

19. Tending to disrupt runs with gin mixture (7)

21. Fast food for the citizens, say (7)

22. Relationship to air travellers (5)

Down

1. Fats Waller wrote about these (10)

2. May have strength (5)

3. Intend to change a name (4)

4. Work on the wall leads to strike (6)

5. Type of medicine using conifers, perhaps (8)

6. Related to the generous Communist (7)

11. Was nothing written about this state? (10)

13. Repeats the outcome of treaties (8)

14. Terrible respect for a ghost (7)

16. Disappear like a vehicle? (6)

17. I step over the slope (5)

20. Gunners and engineers are not common (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Youngster (5)

8. Lit (7)

9. Windpipe (7)

10. Considered (5)

12. Treacherous (10)

15. Mandatory (10)

18. Neighbouring (5)

19. Sully (7)

21. Perspire (7)

22. Drawing-room (5)

Down

1. Over-excited (10)

2. Wall painting (5)

3. E. ruler (4)

4. Rice dish (6)

5. Trespasser (8)

6. Post (7)

11. Disillusion (10)

13. Evenness (8)

14. Slapped (7)

16. Lampoon (6)

17. Inane (5)

20. Foolhardy (4)

Tuesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Enigmatic; 8 Amy; 9 Information; 11 Episode; 12 Axiom; 13 T-shirt; 15 Domain; 17 Ideal; 18 Retsina; 20 Latin primer; 22 The; 23 Stone deaf;

Down: 2 Nun; 3 Mario; 4 Tea-set; 5 Chicago; 6 Cannibalism; 7 Pyromania; 10 Faith healer; 11 Extricate; 14 Relates; 16 Gringo; 19 Terse; 21 Era

QUICK

Across: 1 Prevalent; 8 Air; 9 Exceptional; 11 Sincere; 12 Agree; 13 Bright; 15 Pencil; 17 Inapt; 18 Atelier; 20 Unhappiness; 22 Sir; 23 Threesome;

Down: 2 Rex; 3 Ample; 4 Edited; 5 Tonnage; 6 Malpractice; 7 Traveller; 10 Candidature; 11 Subsidise; 14 Hatchet; 16 Dapper; 19 Elite; 21 Sum.