Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. He won't play second fiddle (5,6)
9. Tool used for law-breaking (3)
10. A case of share ownership? (9)
11. Run into a fashionable dog (5)
13. Shine as tin legs might? (7)
14. Foreman who makes mistakes? (6)
16. About to get a couple to mend (6)
18. Answers the rotters somehow (7)
19. Drive the bullock (5)
20. Animal in the orchestra perhaps (9)
21. She's an American lawyer (3)
22. And garden he dug up to find an explosive device (4,7)
Down
2. I will shortly be unwell (3)
3. It's great to be a policeman (5)
4. Ill-tempered woman one found in a sign (6)
5. Where a batsman might play a shot in front of the last defender? (7)
6. Uncomfortable about a tile sale (3,2,4)
7. Redeeming quality of Miss Darling? (6,5)
8. The way to leave town? (7,4)
12. Break the ice after a canteen is discovered (9)
15. Tread he replaced and made safe (7)
17. He has a lot of interest in his work (6)
19. Drinking vessel shown in the inset, perhaps (5)
21. Plus three characters out of thousands (3)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Smugness (11)
9. Employ (3)
10. Oratory (9)
11. Form (5)
13. Disperse (7)
14. Address (6)
16. Negligent (6)
18. Slender (7)
19. Don (3,2)
20. Disquiet (9)
21. Observe (3)
22. Autonomous (11)
Down
2. Unity (3)
3. Bit (5)
4. Excite (6)
5. Teach (7)
6. Cramp (9)
7. Solid (11)
8. Portrayed (11)
12. Rising (9)
15. Warehousing (7)
17. Hope (6)
19. Languished (5)
21. Transgress (3)
Thursday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Atom; 3 Wardrobe; 9 Culprit; 10 Sisal; 11 Dog in a manger; 13 Needle; 15 Sevens; 17 Court martial; 20 Alice; 21 Notable; 22 Handyman; 23 Bets.
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Hide AdDown: 1 Accident; 2 Oflag; 4 Autumn; 5 Disintegrate; 6 Obscene; 7 Ella; 8 Grand larceny; 12 Psalters; 14 Etonian; 16 Amanda; 18 Imbue; 19 Bach.
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Across: 1 Digs; 3 Saturate; 9 Smother; 10 Bacon; 11 Unscrupulous; 13 Sadism; 15 Sector; 17 Congregation; 20 Overt; 21 Gallant; 22 Anecdote; 23 Otic.
Down: 1 Disguise; 2 Gloss; 4 Abrupt; 5 Unbelievable; 6 Account; 7 Erne; 8 Short-sighted; 12 Frenetic; 14 Diocese; 16 Height; 18 Inapt; 19 Coma.