Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Clothes to boast about (4)
8. Withdrawal of statement concerning drawing (10)
9. Demote and get a leer, perhaps (8)
10. Said to have travelled in the street (4)
12. Man getting diet arranged ready for publication (6)
14. Tool they sell (6)
15. Certainly a fashionable act (6)
17. Type of iron age bird (6)
18. Harvest pear, perhaps (4)
19. Truthfulness of a girl at the large town (8)
21. A near thing you have to face? (5,5)
22. Don't eat quickly (4)
Down
2. Presence telling you when the ball begins (10)
3. Railway company that is carrying cheese (4)
4. Leave a fibre (6)
5. Became reconciled? Not true! (4,2)
6. Bird to have a leading role next to Heather (8)
7. She goes up to eat (4)
11. She's a high-flying career woman (3,7)
13. Press sat around during intrusion (8)
16. Strip and take the plunge on the street (6)
17. Father locks up after an outcast (6)
18. Music of the Stones? (4)
20. Cook the heartless Red Indian leader (4)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Alight (4)
8. Sensible (10)
9. Supplant (8)
10. Ensnare (4)
12. Fold (6)
14. Menace (6)
15. Torpidity (6)
17. Countryside (6)
18. Urchin (4)
19. Grumble (8)
21. Limited (10)
22. Eject (4)
Down
2. Umpire (10)
3. Fall (4)
4. Uncivilised (6)
5. Powerful (6)
6. Ecstasy (8)
7. Retain (4)
11. Greedy (10)
13. Desire (8)
16. Spring back (6)
17. Distant (6)
18. Drill (4)
20. Swimming-pool (4)
Thursday's solutions
CRYPTIC – Across: 7 Idler; 8 Portray; 9 Hirsute; 10 Panic; 12 Free-for-all; 15 Grey friars; 18 Rotor; 19 Tartare; 21 Widgeon; 22 Delta. Down: 1 Fishmonger; 2 Flare; 3 Frau; 4 Apiece; 5 Trap-door; 6 Grandad; 11 Collateral; 13 Reformer; 14 Pentode; 16 Intent; 17 Vault; 20 Rods.
QUICK – Across: 7 Alone; 8 Species; 9 Hygiene; 10 Under; 12 Surprising; 15 Dictionary; 18 Rouse; 19 Grammar; 21 Foresee; 22 Moist. Down: 1 Pathfinder; 2 Gouge; 3 Mere; 4 Asleep; 5 Peculiar; 6 Disdain; 11 Regularity; 13 Universe; 14 Acquire; 16 Nugget; 17 Ambit; 20 Acme.