Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Conducting us and the woman in G (8)

5. Instrument of honour with a hole in it (4)

9. I labour almost entirely to return to the island (4)

10. Draws a Tory leader with pamphlets (8)

11. I'm sad about the king (5)

12. Special clothes for knocking back a first class drink (7)

13. Cried that Clay was knocked out in Durham (9,4)

18. Bestowal of gifts on Spain's capital, say (8)

19. They're crackers! (4)

20. Tasting of Chablis terminated due to a sore (7)

21. Money for a girl (5)

22. Oh, certainly there's some return of sound (4)

23. Man has an announcement concerning another man (8)

Down

2. Nat's aim turns out to be endurance (7)

3. A pip the wrecker found on a gravestone (7)

4. Never sure rate of exchange here (6,7)

6. Being sick in the back of a taxi due to bacteria (7)

7. Catholic saint in simple rapture (7)

8. Living without waste right amid a Gulf war (6)

13. Ability of Liberal taken into consideration (7)

14. Spoil the sailor with a broken shin (7)

15. Chooses Les, etc, somehow (6)

16. Caught? Not out at the finish you maintain (7)

17. Bird I can confuse with a boat (7)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Once (8)

5. Aid (4)

9. 20 quires (4)

10. Award (8)

11. Edge (5)

12. Inform (7)

13. Urging (13)

18. Compare (8)

19. Storm (4)

20. Antiquated (7)

21. Creek (5)

22. Thaw (4)

23. Briskness (8)

Down

2. Exceed (7)

3. Souvenir (7)

4. Listless (13)

6. Elusive (7)

7. Stop (7)

8. Fall (6)

13. Cry out (7)

14. Sneering (7)

15. Fantastic (6)

16. Sailor (7)

17. Ignore (7)

Monday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Insect; 4 Stuart; 9 Shooting Party; 10 Latched; 11 Igloo; 12 Gnash; 14 Devon; 18 Taste; 19 Egg-flip; 21 Weed the garden; 22 Dither; 23 Player.

Down: 1 Insult; 2 Short and sweet; 3 Catch; 5 Topside; 6 April Fools' Day; 7 Toy dog; 8 Snide; 13 Spectre; 15 Stewed; 16 Yemen; 17 Opener; 20 Grail.

QUICK

Across:1 Elicit; 4 Maniac; 9 Consciousness; 10 Remorse; 11 Ashen; 12 Gnome; 14 Demur; 18 Adorn; 19 Brittle; 21 Discreditable; 22 Rhythm; 23 Ardent.

Down:1 Escort; 2 Ignominiously; 3 Incur; 5 Assuage; 6 Inexhaustible; 7 Casing; 8 Dozen; 13 Monarch; 15 Gander; 16 Abode; 17 Desert; 20 Inter.