Double crossword
CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS
1. Usual position at the back of public ground (11)
9. Accommodating place that is barred (3)
10. Wallets in which musical scores are kept? (4-5)
11. Defence submissions give satisfaction, we hear (5)
13. To be concerned about container for firearm (7)
14. Suppress a kind of racket (6)
16. The others take father in for a meal (6)
18. When the char arrives (7)
19. Near a strange site for engagements (5)
20. They’re Eastern relations in turmoil (9)
21. The sun shines on lovers, initially (3)
22. On a watery bed where there’s a nude in distress! (5,3,3)
DOWN
2. Make an admission as proprietors do (3)
3. Simon becomes a labyrinthine character (5)
4. Printed warning to intending skaters! (6)
5. What cattle eat in Switzerland (7)
6. Find fault with those in the play over one entrance (9)
7. The lay-out of Diana’s place (11)
8. Sees all tiny changes in a fundamental way (11)
12. Cautioned when instruction goes wrong (9)
15. In which one experiments with scenic arrangement before the end of the movie (7)
17. Take back what was said about hypocrisy (6)
19. Bridal way (5)
21. Hut is a little too big for the woman (3)
QUICK PUZZLE
ACROSS
1. Skill (11)
9. Vase (3)
10. Oratory (9)
11. Slit (5)
13. Prattle (7)
14. Bear witness (6)
16. Delay (6)
18. Decuple (7)
19. Dogma (5)
20. Liveliness (9)
21. Mongrel (3)
22. Free (11)
DOWN
2. Flee (3)
3. New (5)
4. Selection (6)
5. Teach (7)
6. Compel (9)
7. Solid (11)
8. Plundering (11)
12. Heed (9)
15. Laying up supplies (7)
17. Counsel (6)
19. At correct pitch (5)
21. Is able (3)
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
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Hide AdCRYPTIC - Across: 6 Speaker; 7 Order; 9 Globe; 10 Ensnare; 12 Electric eel; 14 Time-machine; 18 Chicken; 19 Asset; 21 Truro; 22 Hemlock.
Down: 1 Spell; 2 Barbel; 3 Bed; 4 Ironic; 5 Terrier; 8 Anarchy; 11 Scraper; 13 Tinhorn; 15 Escarp; 16 Nestle; 17 Peach; 20 Rex.
QUICK - Across: 6 Heinous; 7 Quirk; 9 Clown; 10 Quality; 12 Artlessness; 14 Benediction; 18 Tempest; 19 Eject; 21 Gaunt; 22 Placate.
Down: 1 Reply; 2 Answer; 3 Sue; 4 Sullen; 5 Protest; 8 Pulsate; 11 Ellipse; 13 Several; 15 Expand; 16 Object; 17 Acute; 20 Ill.