Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Disc, it's very good to break (6)
4. You have a nap on it on the floor (6)
9. What debaters do to be logical (5,2,6)
10. Exclamation of annoyance when the hound has left (7)
11. He represents a male (5)
12. Brag about a snake being on the road (5)
14. Hairstyle seen at the golf club? (5)
18. Children's edition (5)
19. Made certain that Dee runs out (7)
21. At which you come to the end of your tether, or it snaps? (8,5)
22. Do wrong to throw out a drink (6)
23. Beat eggs with flour and milk (6)
Down
1. Awful desire to live (6)
2. Different view put in writing by a playwright (6,2,5)
3. Do air waves affect the wireless? (5)
5. Hail-storm that's mean (7)
6. You won't find a stowaway on it! (9,4)
7. A number set about forming principles (6)
8. He doesn't win unusual roles (5)
13. It may enable one to hear an orator (7)
15. A plane or what may take you to it (6)
16. Living creature (5)
17. He's in charge, but has a leader (6)
20. A pie's turned brown (5)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Adorn (6)
4. Demur (6)
9. Eminent (13)
10. Stimulus (7)
11. List (5)
12. Dog-lead (5)
14. Anger (5)
18. Big (5)
19. Vestment (7)
21. Anxiety (13)
22. Soak (6)
23. Sentinel (6)
Down
1. Large needle (6)
2. Vanishment (13)
3. Cool (5)
5. Swelling (7)
6. Show-off (13)
7. Neater (6)
8. Leered (5)
13. Doubter (7)
15. Serene (6)
16. Scratch (5)
17. Emaciated (6)
20. Tremble (5)
Friday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 4 Abandon; 8 Hamlet; 9 Mammoth; 10 Retain; 11 Keeper; 12 Paternal; 18 Organist; 20 Benign 21 Slight; 22 Rarebit; 23 Repeal; 24 Beatles.
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Hide AdDown:1 Therapy; 2 Imitate; 3 Senior; 5 Blackleg; 6 Number; 7 Outset; 13 Noontide; 14 Singlet; 15 Stately; 16 Defame; 17 Divert; 19 Asleep.
QUICK
Across: 4 Scuttle; 8 Rasher; 9 Trounce; 10 Borrow; 11 Instep; 12 Toboggan; 18 Allocate; 20 Impair; 21 Clique; 22 Council; 23 Unrest; 24 Decline.
Down: 1 Probity; 2 Ascribe; 3 Belong; 5 Cardinal; 6 Truism; 7 Lackey; 13 Guardian; 14 Banquet; 15 Beneath; 16 Impose; 17 Carnal; 19 Oblong.