Double Crossword

Choice of cryptic or quick puzzle, and (just in case you've been wracking your brains) yesterday's solutions.

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Bail out a ship before it's broken to pieces (6)

4. One who won't allow this kind of headline (6)

9. Instrument shown by a publication in the States (8,5)

10. Supports grips on the ascent? (7)

11. The sum to put back in an incomplete account (5)

12. Expert to make a quip (5)

14. Part of 9 Across to take around for sale, we hear (5)

18. Literally, the last part of a frolicsome game (5)

19. Concerned with seeing dilapidated coal-pit (7)

21. Female in a firm situation (13)

22. Somehow let's involve America in the conflict (6)

23. Polish, maybe – certainly European! (6)

Down

1. Strings of beads on the counter (6)

2. Females on the farm associated with crooks (13)

3. Used by the spirit producer to this day (5)

5. Kind of spoon to slop tea all over the place! (7)

6. He's not unemployed, but he never does a day's work (5-8)

7. To annoy the French with military status (6)

8. An address given by the minister (5)

13 and 16 Down. Camouflaged hole near such a repository for bones (7-5)

15. Make a close search at the contest (6)

16. See 13 Down

17. Get to grips to settle a deal (6)

20. Prominent structure we located in rocky height (5)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Apex (6)

4. Release fee (6)

9. Deformity (13)

10. Communication (7)

11. Dwell (5)

12. Condition (5)

14. Danger (5)

18. Thrust (5)

19. Slaughter (7)

21. Horrifying (5-8)

22. Hark (6)

23. Sharper (6)

Down

1. Hug (6)

2. Immediate (13)

3. Pseudonym (5)

5. Mean (7)

6. Details of work (13)

7. Variegated (6)

8. Humorous (5)

13. Foot-lever (7)

15. Universal (6)

16. Happen (5)

17. Mendicant (6)

20. Crest (5)

Friday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 4 Skipper; 8 Octave; 9 Dispute; 10 Argent; 11 Wealth; 12 Converse; 18 Virginia; 20 Sedate; 21 Smugly; 22 Gondola; 23 Anzacs; 24 Stalled.

Down: 1 Monarch; 2 Staging; 3 Avenue; 5 Knitwear; 6 Poplar; 7 Estate; 13 Reveille; 14 Anagram; 15 Babyish; 16 Report; 17 Handel; 19 Gemini.

QUICK

Across:4 Stammer; 8 Obeyed; 9 Against; 10 Pundit; 11 Theory; 12 Churlish; 18 Vertical; 20 Jocose; 21 Unjust; 22 Barrage; 23 Coarse; 24 Referee.

Down: 1 Compact; 2 Heinous; 3 Aerial; 5 Together; 6 Maiden; 7 Ensure; 13 Inveigle; 14 Acquire; 15 Flatten; 16 Voyage; 17 Soiree; 19 Tendon.