Double Crossword

Cryptic puzzle

Across

7. Go and fix (6)

8. Caress one of the rowers (6)

10. Ore railmen discovered (7)

11. Food taken by the doctor? (5)

12. The sailors shouted in triumph (4)

13. Sounds like those who pay for cattle sheds (5)

17. Fair and not heavy (5)

18. One side that's abandoned (4)

22. Animal from an Eastern country (5)

23. Disgusting din without order (7)

24. Not much time for a boxer's assistant (6)

25. Daniel's refutation (6)

Down

1. Unpleasant expression of a stern expert (7)

2. Textile worker and cricketer (7)

3. Brief change of material (5)

4. It joins things with new plaster (7)

5. Plays cricket or another game (5)

6. One mending a drain (5)

9. Prop? (9)

14. Trying to get a lot? (7)

15. Down-payment for topside, perhaps (7)

16. Sloping like the French spire (7)

19. Rental contract for an easel? (5)

20. Observe the timepiece (5)

21. School punishment for rows? (5)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Observe (6)

8. Pedestal (6)

10. Chivalrous (7)

11. Burn (5)

12. Nobleman (4)

13. Twelve (5)

17. Poisonous (5)

18. Average (4)

22. Nearby (5)

23. Boorish (7)

24. Tiny (6)

25. Sickness (6)

Down

1. Squirm (7)

2. Plead (7)

3. Snap (5)

4. Agitate (7)

5. Massage (5)

6. Scold (5)

9. Heinous (9)

14. Corrupt (7)

15. Legacy (7)

16. Captivate (7)

19. Collapse (5)

20. Fragrance (5)

21. Fragment (5)

Monday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Fleet; 4 Cutters; 8 Coal-pit; 9 Outdo; 10 Site; 11 Pleasant; 13 Veal; 14 Meat; 16 Molasses; 17 Port; 20 Sweet; 21 Hearten; 22 Contest; 23 Paste.

Down: 1 Faces the music; 2 Exact; 3 Type; 4 Cattle; 5 Two-faced; 6 Extract; 7 Short sentence; 12 Cassette; 13 Villein; 15 Red hat; 18 Oaths; 19 Ramp.

QUICK

Across: 1 Girth; 4 Respect; 8 Impetus; 9 Augur; 10 Tiny; 11 Ultimate; 13 Deny; 14 Sure; 16 Suspense; 17 Keen; 20 Exist; 21 All over; 22 Suspect; 23 Dryad.

Down: 1 Guiltlessness; 2 Ripen; 3 Hate; 4 Result; 5 Spacious; 6 Engrave; 7 Three-cornered; 12 Unsettle; 13 Dismiss; 15 Aslant; 18 Envoy; 19 Glad.