Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Hardly an extensive record collection! (6,4)
7. Place where it's right to cook a meal (5)
8. Chic to a fault, but disordered (7)
10. Unequalled like the House of Commons? (8)
11. Stop the shoot (4)
13. Reveal former model (6)
15. Aromatic compound that might be closer (6)
17. Slow wild birds (4)
18. The pick of stringed instruments? (8)
21. A party piece? (7)
22. Consumed at school, say (5)
23. Is the saint upset? Just the opposite! (10)
Down
1. Paces out the room (5)
2. Anonymous reformed salesmen (8)
3. Insect lost without a copper (6)
4. Lose the thread? (4)
5. Literary device used by TS Eliot, perhaps (7)
6. Fell asleep, being unable to stay on (7,3)
9. It's said to be the full amount of praise (10)
12. Mad for unsweetened biscuits (8)
14. Place in order for a bird (7)
16. Block the return of a record, being awfully thin (6)
19. Evaluates speeds (5)
20. Car reverses in an inimitable way (4)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Handwriting (10)
7. Panic (5)
8. Corrosive (7)
10. Backward (8)
11. Bogus (4)
13. Hue (6)
15. Coil (6)
17. Vow (4)
18. Intermittent (8)
21. Stroke (7)
22. Influx (5)
23. Depressed (10)
Down
1. Intended (5)
2. Many (8)
3. Hallowed (6)
4. Defeat (4)
5. Ewer (7)
6. Changeable (10)
9. Partnership in wrong-doing (10)
12. Estimate (8)
14. Network (7)
16. Animosity (6)
19. Storehouse (5)
20. Deposit (4)
Friday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 7 Flight of fancy; 8 Officers; 9 Done; 10 Suitor; 12 Overdo; 14 Odessa; 16 Thrash; 18 Star; 20 Snapshot; 22 Have a good mind.
Down: 1 All found; 2 Egoist; 3 Stye; 4 Offshoot; 5 Dawdle; 6 Scan; 11 Road sign; 13 Discount; 15 Survey; 17 Resume; 19 Tear; 21 Amok.
QUICK
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Hide AdAcross: 7 Irrepressible; 8 Collapse; 9 Late; 10 Pathos; 12 Indian; 14 Stream; 16 Yarrow; 18 Prim; 20 Legality; 22 Cost-effective.
Down: 1 Arrogant; 2 Health; 3 Grip; 4 Asperity; 5 Misled; 6 Blot; 11 Simplify; 13 Abortive; 15 Enmity; 17 Relate; 19 Riot; 21 Glen.