Double Crossword

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Oct 2010, 12:31 BST
Updated 29th Oct 2010, 12:37 BST
Today's puzzle...

Cryptic puzzle

Across

7. Defeated by the elements? (7-6)

8. Conscientious when dieting, maybe, about the start of Lent (8)

9. Leather cover (4)

10. Left margin to the right in which accounts are recorded (6)

12. See 20 Across

14. See 6 Down

16. Sturdy vehicle with corrosion on the outside (6)

18. See 2 Down

20 And 12 Across. Instructions given to footmen (8,6)

22. Transform competence into inconstancy (13)

Down

1. Military body to subject to strict control (8)

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2 And 18 Across. Those on the fiddle play a prominent part in this (6-4)

3. Present from the teacher, evidently (4)

4. It's used by those who dispatch stock (8)

5. Realised the girl is beset by a bounder (6)

6 And 14 Across. Chief water supplier to the river? (4-6)

11. Be mindful about one in society (8)

13. Notes are varied to cause vibrations (8)

15. Concluding part of a legend in German (6)

17. See the man returning in well-marked setting (6)

19. It's painful to some teachers (4)

21. Pearl is smaller than this type of stone (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Captured (5,8)

8. Disclaim (8)

9. Drill (4)

10. Grief (6)

12. Affix (6)

14. Improved (6)

16. Protect (6)

18. Disable (4)

20. Innkeeper (8)

22. Despair (4,2,3,4)

Down

1. Cease (4,4)

2. Diversion (6)

3. Whirl (4)

4. Grape area (8)

5. Fight (6)

6. Rip (4)

11. Idolises (8)

13. Disdain (8)

15. Wood (6)

17. Foul (6)

19. Sour (4)

21. Cultivate (4)

Thursday's solutions

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Shop; 8 All-rounder; 9 Whitener; 10 Undo; 12 Staple; 14 Duress; 15 Bertha; 17 Issues; 18 Stye; 19 Strikers; 21 Deliberate; 22 Wend.

Down: 2 High street; 3 Part; 4 Blonde; 5 Poured; 6 Inquires; 7 Ergo; 11 Dishearten; 13 Pathetic; 16 Answer; 17 Inroad; 18 Side; 20 Knew.

QUICK - Across: 1 Disc; 8 Hurly-burly; 9 Merchant; 10 Cove; 12 Leased; 14 Manage; 15 Salute; 17 Astute; 18 Here; 19 Vitality; 21 Vociferous; 22 Tiny.

Down: 2 Inveterate; 3 Chic; 4 Errand; 5 System; 6 Succinct; 7 Tyre; 11 Vegetation; 13 Souvenir; 16 Envied; 17 Action; 18 Hive; 20 Lost.