Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Insect to run away and marry an animal (8)
5. Singing "Go Now"? (4)
9. Attempt to knife (4)
10. I may tend to set off an explosive (8)
11. Bring a girl, say (5)
12. Creatures from The Guianas? (7)
13. Protest - stand it no more, perhaps (13)
18. Perhaps I deliver in uniform (8)
19. Encountered one returning an article (4)
20. Made Mr. Gershwin a cake (7)
21. No insane wanderer (5)
22. Are not heard by a relative (4)
23. See the ship carrying make-up (8)
Down
2. Shell the fool (7)
3. Prohibition on me returning to the drinks counter on leave (7)
4. Is happy theory altered for such treatment (13)
6. Wine - churchman brings it back (7)
7. Crime involving one star, perhaps (7)
8. Lily's Brazilian port (6)
13. Cover up a girl with a problem (7)
14. Crept close to and took up residence (5,2)
15. Scandinavian policeman returning (6)
16. Fall over oil in the Libyan capital (7)
17. Make cuts in the theatre? (7)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Scorn (8)
5. Church recess (4)
9. Carry (4)
10. Heinous (8)
11. Towny (5)
12. Model (7)
13. Memorable (13)
18. Embrocation (8)
19. Decline (4)
20. Duct (7)
21. Harmony (5)
22. Toy (2-2)
23. Negligent (8)
Down
2. Swarm (7)
3. Twister (7)
4. Odds and ends (13)
6. Adage (7)
7. Gist (7)
8. Group of six (6)
13. Unfortunate (7)
14. Fancy (7)
15. Recommittal (6)
16. Gunnery (7)
17. Medicine (7)
Monday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Bustle; 4 Scraps; 9 Acting captain; 10 Candour; 11 Tense; 12 Sword; 14 Inane; 18 Upend; 19 Outrage; 21 Block capitals; 22 Riding; 23 Planed
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QUICK
Across: 1 Blithe; 4 Vessel; 9 Expostulation; 10 Correct; 11 Antic; 12 Queer; 14 Rebel; 18 Robot; 19 Dresser; 21 Embarrassment; 22 Treble; 23 Censor.
Down: 1 Breach; 2 Imperturbable; 3 Haste; 5 Emanate; 6 Shiftlessness; 7 Lunacy; 8 Rusty; 13 Enthral; 15 Priest; 16 Ideal; 17 Writer; 20 Ensue