Double crossword
CRYPTIC PUZZLE
Across
7. potter who may need to
take a rest (7-6)
8. rush round the
meadows when let out (8)
9. They contain drinks for
infants (4)
10. Fights for morsels (6)
12. amused by the
destruction of the gorgon
(6)
14. Make leisurely progress,
as old-time players used to
do (6)
16. show girls after this,
refrain! (6)
18. stride for the entrance,
by the sound of it (4)
20. Bask nude, becoming
comprehensively tanned!
(3-5)
22. One profit follows
another repeatedly (5,3,5)
Down
1. Beef fillet to sell more
cheaply (8)
2. Made no difference to
italian city (6)
3. see 6 down
4. This causes widespread
ill-feeling (8)
5. Henry and Edward
pulled up (6)
6 And 3 Down. late
arrangement in the canteen
describing vegetarian diet
(8)
11. sam neal’s transferred
as a commercial
representative (8)
13. This serves as a
reminder that our vines
need to be transplanted (8)
15. away from home with
suitable sporting strip (6)
17. royal House of the
Mandarin! (6)
19. seaweed found among
the coastal garbage (4)
21. sleepily gives silent
consent (4)
QUICK PUzzle
Across
7. Maximise on (4,3,4,2)
8. Flirt (8)
9. detail (4)
10. Haphazard (6)
12. imprisoned (2,4)
14. infertile (6)
16. stimulate (6)
18. drop (4)
20. insecure (8)
22. profligacy (13)
Down
1. wide view (8)
2. pay back (6)
3. Close (4)
4. Half-wit (8)
5. requesting (6)
6. gown (4)
11. Bravely (8)
13. Excel (8)
15. Enjoy (6)
17. Fetters (6)
19. greedy (4)
21. location (4)
Thursday’s solutions
CRYPTIC - Across: 1 so-so; 8
water-wheel; 9 gardenia; 10
sect; 12 Tipped; 14 nelson; 15
disarm; 17 Modish; 18 aged;
19 relation; 21 left-hander;
22 nash.
Down: 2 Organising; 3
Owed; 4 atoned; 5 Ordain;
6 whistled; 7 plot; 11
Crosswords; 13 plaudits; 16
Myriad; 17 Malady; 18 ally; 20
Turn.
QUICK - Across: 1 daub; 8
Unforeseen; 9 virtuous; 10
ripe; 12 Fidget; 14 yanked; 15
Target; 17 dreamy; 18 rein;
19 Capacity; 21 vociferous;
22 Heed.
Down: 2 anticipate; 3 Bust;
4 Effort; 5 Frisky; 6 Estrange;
7 Knee; 11 pre-emptive;
13 gigantic; 16 Ticket; 17
deploy; 18 rove; 20 Cash.