Double Crossword

Today...

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Write the last - or last but one! (11)

9. Back in the well I obtained fuel (3)

10. Spike ran askew round the end of the lateen sail (9)

11. What occupants who have no title do (5)

13. A supporter concludes they're traditional accounts (7)

14. Describing a sizeable vessel dressed overall? (6)

16. Bronte translated into Celtic French (6)

18. Holiday area where I arrive in some confusion (7)

19. Theresa making a come-back as a kind of stripper? (5)

20. Face the other way and change the course of a fight (4,5)

21. This kind of session will cause congestion (3)

22. Youngsters fuss with the French perfumes (11)

Down

2. Sounds like a letter more than a yard long! (3)

3. Ailing, but not lying in bed with the radio (5)

4. Dally with a sweet dish (6)

5. A German becomes the boss (7)

6. Write brief comments on what bank robbers do (4,5)

7. Thinking of others when desecration is rampant (11)

8. See 19 Down

12. Describing a nudist who's not insured! (9)

15. As a pupil, I cry loudly, by the sound of it (7)

17. Sticks to the vetoes all round (6)

19 And 8 Down. Now, or when Christmas comes! (2,3,7,4)

21. This will spray the aircraft (3)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Wrongdoers (11)

9. Still (3)

10. Unrig (9)

11. Dissertation (5)

13. Exhausted (3-4)

14. Musician (6)

16. Arrest (6)

18. Aerodrome (3-4)

19. Suppress (5)

20. Instantaneous (9)

21. Idiot (3)

22. Countercharge (11)

Down

2. Do (3)

3. Senior (5)

4. Convince (6)

5. Apprentice (7)

6. Reason (9)

7. Indicative (11)

8. Nonsensical (11)

12. Schedule (9)

15. Calumny (7)

17. Deprive of wind (6)

19. Monarch (5)

21. Insect (3)

Wednesday's solutions

Cryptic

Across: 1 Thee; 3 Approach; 9 Outlier; 10 Lapse; 11 Braised steak; 13 Normal; 15 Mouser; 17 Asbestos suit; 20 Comic; 21 Iciness; 22 Redeemed; 23 Isis.

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Down: 1 Trombone; 2 Extra; 4 Parody; 5 Relationship; 6 Appears; 7 Heed; 8 Air-sea rescue; 12 Protests; 14 Resumed; 16 Strife; 18 Users; 19 Scar.

Quick

Across: 1 Oust; 3 Accident; 9 Careful; 10 Lyric; 11 Prerequisite; 13 Nicety; 15 Oracle; 17 Incompetence; 20 Axing; 21 Idolise; 22 Identity; 23 Pest.

Down: 1 Occupant; 2 Surge; 4 Colour; 5 Illustration; 6 Erratic; 7 Tack; 8 Afterthought; 12 Tenement; 14 Confide; 16 Splint; 18 Naive; 19 Taxi.

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