Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. Top-ranking directors are right (9)

8. It can be seen in the Arctic every day (3)

9. In all honesty it's the wrong thing to have in such purses (11)

11. One calls for a migratory bird (7)

12. Possibly bears a sword (5)

13. Take up the summary again? (6)

15. The captain's game stand? (6)

17. What's wrong? A failure to hit the target (5)

18. Old officer belonging to times long past (7)

20. Sort of bet it's a battery (11)

22. Allowed to be rented out (3)

23. Police try to ruffle bard (5,4)

Down

2. The rubbish-dump is the very end (3)

3. It's great rising to a stubborn, intolerant person (5)

4. Dessert right out of the roof-timbers (6)

5. Kitchen rather than bedroom furniture (7)

6. Ignoring instructions in bed, so diet is wrong (11)

7. Act again now (9)

10. Uses ice tart somehow to revive (11)

11. Give it several changes – it's adaptable (9)

14. Noted false US claim (7)

16. Sort of person to cultivate, perhaps (6)

19. In the disco, licentious person gets stomach pains! (5)

21. Nothing you and I are expected to pay (3)

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Whirlpool (9)

8. Every (3)

9. Temporary (11)

11. Vehement (7)

12. Form of entertainment (5)

13. Hate (6)

15. Postpone (6)

17. Craze (5)

18. News (7)

20. Heedless (11)

22. Brown (3)

23. Discuss (9)

Down

2. Tune (3)

3. Offspring (5)

4. Uplifted (6)

5. Sovereign (7)

6. Ill-will (11)

7. Innocent (9)

10. Salient (11)

11. Compensation (9)

14. Hone (7)

16. Forceful (6)

19. Tendency (5)

21. Fruit (3)

Tuesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 7 Armour; 8 Samuel; 10 Spinner; 11 Order; 12 Arum; 13 Fives; 17 Leafy; 18 Peri; 22 Atoll; 23 Raiders; 24 Dashed; 25 Amount.

Down: 1 Marshal; 2 Omnibus; 3 Burns; 4 Samoyed; 5 Guide; 6 Alarm; 9 Train fare; 14 Mealies; 15 Revenue; 16 Hirsute; 19 Maids; 20 Moist; 21 Films.

QUICK

Across: 7 Looked; 8 Burrow; 10 Referee; 11 Drawn; 12 Fade; 13 Funny; 17 Musty; 18 Pith; 22 Chasm; 23 Recruit; 24 Lustre; 25 Fringe.

Down: 1 Glorify; 2 Confide; 3 Weird; 4 Mundane; 5 Broad; 6 Swank; 9 Desultory; 14 Summary; 15 Piquant; 16 Chatter; 19 Scale; 20 Harsh; 21 Scare.