Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

7.And so I mention different religious cults (13)

8. Sounds like a habit to get used to (8)

9. The sort to do office work (4)

10. Mechanic in healthier condition (6)

12. This comes in instalments from Israel (6)

14. They're indispensable in decimalisation (6)

16. Reason to stay in, maybe (6)

18. Goes quickly back to turn round (4)

20. To sponsor a protege is retrogressive (8)

22. The art of making progress as a director on board (13)

Down

1. Give an exposition of French writer (8)

2. Strongly-built boxer finishes with various bouts (6)

3. Nonsense written about one uprising (4)

4. They say what may happen after a show of hands (8)

5. A model rhyme for 10 (6)

6. Photograph a kind of dragon (4)

11. So shrub round the middle of the bed becomes a popular garden feature (4-4)

13. The editor's disturbed by a heavenly body (8)

15. Sympathetic offer (6)

17. Most recent bird sanctuary we found inside (6)

19. See 21 Down

21 and 19 Down. Mineral sources could be topical to a point (4-4)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Peerless (6,7)

8. Decoration (8)

9. Spot (4)

10. Expunge (6)

12. Serviette (6)

14. Help (6)

16. Contain (6)

18. Fall (4)

20. Listeners (8)

22. Volume (5,8)

Down

1. Intrepid (8)

2. Give (6)

3. Not occupied (4)

4. Proceed (8)

5. Maintenance (6)

6. Yield (4)

11. Bewitch (8)

13. Denote (8)

15. Weaken (6)

17. Quail (6)

19. Rake (4)

21. Gull (4)

Thursday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Visa; 8 Conveyance; 9 Airedale; 10 Bass; 12 Temple; 14 Secure; 15 Causes; 17 Canape; 18 Beat; 19 Smoother; 21 Demolition; 22 Diet. Down: 2 Illiterate; 3 Ache; 4 Encase; 5 Revels; 6 Barbican; 7 Eels; 11 Strip-tease; 13 Position; 16 Siskin; 17 Chopin; 18 Beds; 20 Tend.

QUICK

Across: 1 Bend; 8 Outlandish; 9 Diatribe; 10 Avow; 12 Aghast; 14 Plenty; 15 Ribald; 17 Lethal; 18 Chic; 19 Evildoer; 21 Indiscreet; 22 Also.

Down: 2 Extinguish; 3 Dolt; 4 Strict; 5 Make up; 6 Adjacent; 7 Show; 11 Outrageous; 13 Anarchic; 16 Drench; 17 Loiter; 18 Clip; 20 Data.