Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. It's not a nail produced by one seeking political independence (11)

9. Mail going away to remote settlement (7)

10. Impossible to assemble at midday round the top (3,2)

11. Instruments I made perhaps (5)

12. Yearn to have a fling well back (4,3)

13. How many rub men the wrong way? (6)

15. Blamed for the madhouse (6)

18. Stir men in church (7)

20. Ring will be needed if there's a prize with it (5)

22. It's rather more pleasant in an ice-rink (5)

23. Made to feel grief by fuss in storm (7)

24. Not clean-shaven as he drew bikes (11)

Down

2. Did something on stage (5)

3. Segregate one arriving as unpunctual as this (7)

4. It is grasped in firm and prompt handling (6)

5. Local leader takes nine up to revolutionary leader (5)

6. Seals it somehow to put to sea (3,4)

7. Remark about man having 500 in order (11)

8. Data being arranged (11)

14. Glass could make men cool (7)

16. Ensure obedience from children for certain (7)

17. Rebuts strange beasts (6)

19. Blazing light in court or church (5)

21. Serious accent (5)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Recognise (11)

9. Judas (7)

10. Room (5)

11. Change (5)

12. Interminable (7)

13. Handsome (6)

15. Brigand (6)

18. Treatment (7)

20. Track (5)

22. Cognisant (5)

23. Moment (7)

24. Advocate (11)

Down

2. Guile (5)

3. Inborn (7)

4. Deteriorate (6)

5. Relieved (5)

6. Enterprising (2-5)

7. Immediately (11)

8. Adaptability (11)

14. Outdoor (4-3)

16. Mechanic (7)

17. Staining (6)

19. Forestall (5)

21. Accumulate (5)

Tuesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Persuade; 5 Ages; 9 Opal; 10 Cul-de-sac; 11 Write; 12 Leeward; 13 Complications; 18 Libation; 19 Head; 20 Ominous; 21 Ibsen; 22 Sign; 23 Identity

Down: 2 Esparto; 3 Split up; 4 Double-crossed; 6 Gestapo; 7 Secedes; 8 Advent; 13 Callous; 14 Mobbing; 15 Lotion; 16 Inhabit; 17 Nearest

QUICK

Across: 1 Spiteful; 5 Stem; 9 Jump; 10 Scaffold; 11 Havoc; 12 Noisome; 13 Receptiveness; 18 Proclaim; 19 Neck; 20 Outworn; 21 Staid; 22 Flee; 23 Flippant

Down: 2 Plumage; 3 Top-hole; 4 Unconditional; 6 Twosome; 7 Madness; 8 Office; 13 Reproof; 14 Chortle; 15 Pallor; 16 Non-stop; 17 Section