Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

4. Particular one found in the wrong places (7)

8. Race track at the airport (6)

9. Doesn't stop me getting involved with various trips (7)

10. It's a kind of wall, so the guinea-pig goes round it (6)

11. Treated violently - stopped work (6)

12. It's no sunny apartment where positive developments take place (4-4)

18. Working garment to fasten in front (8)

20. What the lady wears for the Spanish dance (6)

21. Sounds like a piece of plaited embroidery to fray (6)

22. The money that is required for the club (7)

23. Answer a distress call by a vessel before it's wrecked (6)

24. Pretended to strike, causing Edward to get an outrageous fine first (7)

Down

1. Maybe debar holding the company up for material (7)

2. Roguish behaviour by Jack on the railway (7)

3. Actor's disguised as one of the Twins (6)

5. Coerce a fellow into being a journalist (8)

6. Used when one makes snap decisions (6)

7. Cast in unusual capers (6)

13. Work by different poet is on the facing page (8)

14 And 17 Down. London columnist (7,6)

15. Leaves but no trees in them! (7)

16. The beginning of a change of course (6)

17. See 14 Down

19. Mother returning to the outback to lie in wait (6)

Quick puzzle

Across

4. Deem (7)

8. Observe (6)

9. Scurry (7)

10. Hawker (6)

11. Cushioned (6)

12. Surly (8)

18. Mocking (8)

20. Jinx (6)

21. Strain (6)

22. Difficulty (7)

23. Charm (6)

24. Barbarity (7)

Down

1. Examine (7)

2. Sports ground (7)

3. Scribble (6)

5. Decode (8)

6. Messy (6)

7. Throat (6)

13. Idle (8)

14. Disregard (7)

15. Characteristic (7)

16. Terror (6)

17. Eatable (6)

19. Child (6)

Thursday's solutions

Cryptic - Across: 1 Penultimate; 9 Oil; 10 Spinnaker; 11 Squat; 13 Legends; 14 Decked; 16 Breton; 18 Riviera; 19 Asset; 20 Turn about; 21 Jam; 22 Adolescents. Down: 2 Ell; 3 Upset; 4 Trifle; 5 Manager; 6 Take notes; 7 Considerate; 8 Present time; 12 Uncovered; 15 Eyeball; 17 Batons; 19 At the; 21 Jet.

Quick - Across: 1 Malefactors; 9 Yet; 10 Dismantle; 11 Paper; 13 Run-down; 14 Oboist; 16 Detain; 18 Air-base; 19 Quell; 20 Immediate; 21 Ass; 22 Recriminate.

Down: 2 Act; 3 Elder; 4 Assure; 5 Trainee; 6 Rationale; 7 Symptomatic; 8 Meaningless; 12 Programme; 15 Slander; 17 Becalm; 19 Queen; 21 Ant.