Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Beats in the time signal (4)

3. Doesn't accept competitions (8)

9. So sure I could be in earnest (7)

10. Cut back on paper for tests (5)

11. German set die out leading to argument (12)

13. Pill used in battle? (6)

15. What a fable has is not concerned with ethics (6)

17. I taunt steeds somehow in the country (6,6)

20. A right to be foreign (5)

21. Part of the body you might see Leo bare (7)

22. Rip seeds out and scatter (8)

23. Egyptian deity hiding in this island (4)

Down

1. Arrange a future settlement (8)

2. Standard is set by the French capital (5)

4. Used to get upset when expelled (6)

5. They show quicksilver movement (12)

6. Bridge tool? (7)

7. Thus extremely average (2-2)

8. What a judge delivers at length? (4,8)

12. They are applied to cuts from broken staplers (8)

14. They are involved in armed raids and in scraps (7)

16. They count the creatures in the reptile house (6)

18. Money returned to the south for implements (5)

19. Measure a paved area (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Twofold (4)

3. Seeming (8)

9. Stutter (7)

10. Ban (5)

11. Rebellion (12)

13. Harass (6)

15. Wave (6)

17. Abridgement (12)

20. Loaded (5)

21. Omniscient (3-4)

22. Omens (8)

23. Remain (4)

Down

1. Clear (8)

2. Accumulate (5)

4. Supply (6)

5. Moreover (12)

6. Involve (7)

7. Caustic (4)

8. Thriftlessness (12)

12. Splendid (8)

14. Correct (2,5)

16. Undamaged (6)

18. Fool (5)

19. Applaud (4)

Wednesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 6 Nomadic; 7 Sized; 9 Senor; 10 Coolers; 12 Resignation; 14 Pitchblende; 18 Infants; 19 Avoid; 21 Steel; 22 Charged.

Down: 1 Model; 2 Parole; 3 Hip; 4 Fillet; 5 Reproof; 8 Founder; 11 Titbits; 13 Lignite; 15 Chaser; 16 Divers; 17 Miser; 20 Shy.

QUICK

Across: 6 Wedlock; 7 Rural; 9 Fraud; 10 Thrifty; 12 Desecration; 14 Descriptive; 18 Ransack; 19 Brink; 21 Stoop; 22 Jealous.

Down: 1 Weary; 2 Allude; 3 Ice; 4 Quaint; 5 Caption; 8 Thirsty; 11 Bewitch; 13 Penalty; 15 Custom; 16 Virile; 17 Snout; 20 Vex.