Double Crossword

Choice of cryptic or quick puzzle, and (just in case you've been wracking your brains) yesterday's solutions.

Cryptic puzzle

Across

7. Some Icelandic creature (5)

8. Race had to be re-run - it's a travesty! (7)

9. Novice gives a pound to the breadwinner (7)

10. Returning a piece of wood (5)

12. Seeming sensible to change (10)

15. What Ron's agreed to cultivate (4,6)

18. Cord I used for an architectural style (5)

19. Perhaps a paper thief (7)

21. New article for a performance (7)

22. Ordered a melon and got a different fruit (5)

Down

1. Red Admiral's new football team (4,6)

2. Symmetrical canoe (5)

3. Love the noise of a Norse god (4)

4. Increase in a ship's company, say (6)

5. Reprimand an animal for upsetting the seat (8)

6. Creature with a way to get a ball back in (7)

11. Grievance a tool-sharpener might have (3,2,5)

13. Wisdom of a story of London, for example (8)

14. Bird with nothing but a way to get wealthy (7)

16. Seldom real changes in the railway (6)

17. Various miles of thin mud (5)

20. Small type of material (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Smell (5)

8. Freedom (7)

9. Fancy (7)

10. Ran (5)

12. Abusive (10)

15. Incoherent (10)

18. Demise (5)

19. Labour (7)

21. Equilibrium (7)

22. Banter (5)

Down

1. Baffled (10)

2. Beat (5)

3. Yard (4)

4. Actor (6)

5. Fruitless (8)

6. Farm vehicle (7)

11. Ban (10)

13. Apparel (8)

14. Attack (7)

16. Gossip (6)

17. Deadly (5)

20. Roguish (4)

Tuesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Safety pin; 8 Use; 9 Illustrious; 11 Present; 12 Llama; 13 Ice age; 15 Asides; 17 Steed; 18 Turmoil; 20 Tate Gallery; 22 Coo; 23 Amaryllis.

Down: 2 Awl; 3 Taste; 4 Pirate; 5 Noodles; 6 Husband-to-be; 7 Rehearsal; 10 Lie detector; 11 Puissance; 14 Godetia; 16 Stigma; 19 Rally; 21 Roi.

QUICK

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Across: 1 Pointless; 8 Own; 9 Pandemonium; 11 Confess; 12 Dusky; 13 Entire; 15 Ignite; 17 Gleam; 18 Athwart; 20 Environment; 22 Ass; 23 Longevity.

Down: 2 Ova; 3 Theme; 4 Egoism; 5 Shindig; 6 Domesticate; 7 Enjoyment; 10 Nonetheless; 11 Clergyman; 14 Removal; 16 Barren; 19 Hinge; 21 Nut.