Double Crossword

Choice of cryptic or quick puzzle, and (just in case you've been wracking your brains) yesterday's solutions.

Cryptic puzzle

Across

1. One that's become a big shot! (11)

9. See 16 Down.

10. Some of the fibres incorporating synthetic plastic substance (5)

11. One missing from more advanced form of address (5)

12. It's a man showing perseverance (7)

13. Tender fellow depicted in colour (6)

15. Enthusiasm for alcohol (6)

18. Surely one too malodorous to be a staff pet! (7)

20. As unstable as a boxer (5)

22. The man involved in a devious act (5)

23. Present-day attitude about one kind of tissue (7)

24. His real best arrangement set up again (2-9)

Down

2. It can be found in any long fibre (5)

3. Bein' ambitious, an anodyne is needed (7)

4. The kind of paint with which artistes are faced (6)

5. Mother gets an air return for the girl (5)

6. Being endlessly strained could be more unpleasant (7)

7. What the rate-fixer does? (4,3,4)

8. Private Walker could well be one of them (11)

14 And 21 Down. Badge of chivalry to make the islander annoyed (7,5)

16 And 9 Across. Not a complete blackout (7,7)

17. Start to mix up a number of social levels (6)

19. Produces a quotation - spectacles needed, we hear (5)

21. See 14 Down.

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Insignificant (11)

9. Early showing (7)

10. Runner (5)

11. Proportion (5)

12. Arena (7)

13. Soup dish (6)

15. Handsome fellow (6)

18. Irregular (7)

20. Rodent (5)

22. Avoid (5)

23. Sarcastic (7)

24. Flaw (11)

Down

2. Apply (5)

3. Obnoxious (7)

4. Latest (6)

5. Grub (5)

6. Part (7)

7. Working (11)

8. Indiscrimination (11)

14. Enliven (7)

16. Decency (7)

17. Nuclear (6)

19. Go in (5)

21. Long (5)

Tuesday's solutions

CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Stormily; 5 Edna; 9 Snap; 10 Annalist; 11 Water; 12 Saddles; 13 Beast of burden; 18 Advances; 19 Lead; 20 Marconi; 21 Nadir; 22 Need; 23 Agreeing.

Down: 2 Tonnage; 3 Rapiers; 4 Long-suffering; 6 Drilled; 7 Artisan; 8 Landau; 13 Boatman; 14 Adverse; 15 Tinpot; 16 Release; 17 Elation.

QUICK

Across: 1 Sanction; 5 Solo; 9 Burn; 10 Delegate; 11 Adieu; 12 Edifice; 13 Presentiments; 18 Maritime; 19 Drop; 20 Outcast; 21 Image; 22 Sack; 23 Advocate.

Down: 2 Asunder; 3 Confess; 4 Overestimated; 6 Oration; 7 Oneness; 8 Tedium; 13 Pompous; 14 Erratic; 15 Entrap; 16 Endemic; 17 Thought.