Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Ruse to upset the drug-addict (4)

8. Not mad about silver being fashionable (3,3,4)

9. Under pressure to return sweets (8)

10. Expel the actors (4)

12. Outfit in which I grout, perhaps (3-3)

14. Clearly show an English man (6)

15. Concurs that grease is spilt (6)

17. The teeth of a dog (6)

18. A song for the man, say (4)

19. Order Denis to sit up (8)

21. Muses about clues Pa set wrongly (10)

22. Points to gratuities (4)

Down

2. How one might generalise and give the brush-off (10)

3. Rodents doing a star-turn (4)

4. Wine for the girl on the first table (6)

5. Cheats perhaps, despite being decent (6)

6. Drawing the cart into a new position (8)

7. Touched the material (4)

11. Another mistake for the cricketer (6,4)

13. Too fastidious concerning a French resort (8)

16. A seat put in order (6)

17. They're training to put a juniper tree on a backstreet (6)

18. Stockings that might be filled with water (4)

20. In which birds are sent out (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Rind lining (4)

8. Of good character (10)

9. Free (8)

10. Host (4)

12. Fight (6)

14. Lissom (6)

15. Device (6)

17. Benefactor (6)

18. Eager (4)

19. Theology (8)

21. Trip (10)

22. Cut (4)

Down

2. Animate (10)

3. Vast (4)

4. Askew (6)

5. Fondle (6)

6. Next to (8)

7. Unsightly (4)

11. Chief city (10)

13. Learner (8)

16. Bombastic (6)

17. Wan (6)

18. Ship part (4)

20. Crew (4)

Wednesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 7 Rioja; 8 Satanic; 9 Tillage; 10 Aster; 12 Carpenters; 15 Abstainers; 18 Tuber; 19 Carrier; 21 Caramel; 22 Yearn.

Down: 1 Protestant; 2 Mould; 3 Gaga; 4 Asleep; 5 Strainer; 6 Another; 11 Restaurant; 13 Anagrams; 14 Isobars; 16 Nicola; 17 Rival; 20 Rays.

QUICK

Across: 7 Arena; 8 Oration; 9 Kingdom; 10 Cramp; 12 Particular; 15 Peccadillo; 18 Salty; 19 Dubious; 21 Astride; 22 Sight.

Down: 1 Jackanapes; 2 Means; 3 Bald; 4 Format; 5 Farcical; 6 Disable; 11 Perversity; 13 Analysis; 14 Acolyte; 16 Indeed; 17 Rough; 20 Busy.