Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. George, for example, unites two men - it's an awful mistake (6,5)
9. Choose to upset the pot (3)
10. Cathy's out to get a bloke - a sailor (9)
11. Fighting bears with a sword (5)
13. Agrees that Sean's about to dig up the road (7)
14. Being awfully rude on ship due to coercion (6)
16. Girl who's out of breath (6)
18. Stand-in about to star a game of tennis (7)
19. A new state of discernment (5)
20. A key number (6-3)
21. Tool used to break the law (3)
22. How a violin concerto is played dishonestly (2,3,6)
Down
2. Tending to be a tap dancer (3)
3. Give her my new poem (5)
4. A divine drink prepared in a trance (6)
5. I.e. start to confuse the entertainer (7)
6. Proposes characters from Minnesota (9)
7. Being thoughtful, care is noted somehow (11)
8. Sue, Hal and Mandy fight it out without an apology (11)
12. The best inner-directed composer/conductor (9)
15. Withdraw due to a slight injury (7)
17. Don't charge the French aristocrat (3,3)
19. Bert Weedon's material (5)
21. Suffer a very good student (3)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Anticipated (11)
9. Outhouse (3)
10. Size (9)
11. Circular (5)
13. Ill-mannered (7)
14. Burst (6)
16. Fleet (6)
18. Exhaust (7)
19. Live (5)
20. Rescue (9)
21. Transgression (3)
22. Customary (11)
Down
2. Unconscious (3)
3. Finished (5)
4. Fall (6)
5. Lassitude (7)
6. Remove (9)
7. Foot doctor (11)
8. Captivating (11)
12. Disliked (9)
15. Gem (7)
17. Oppose (6)
19. Australian dog (5)
21. Spring (3)
Wednesday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Last; 3 Flounder; 9 Forearm; 10 Enter; 11 The chance of a; 13 Mascot; 15 Stalks; 17 Brassfounder; 20 Idaho; 21 Solomon; 22 Camp-site; 23 Once.
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Hide AdDown: 1 Lifetime; 2 Scree; 4 Lament; 5 Uneventfully; 6 Dutiful; 7 Rare; 8 Fashion shows; 12 Estrange; 14 Sarcasm; 16 Offset; 18 Demon; 19 Disc.
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Across: 1 Mope; 3 Flippant; 9 Reproof; 10 Total; 11 Belligerence; 13 Nicked; 15 Parent; 17 Inhospitable; 20 Blues; 21 Atoning; 22 Everyone; 23 Mesh.
Down: 1 Moribund; 2 Pupil; 4 Lifted; 5 Putrefaction; 6 Article; 7 Talk; 8 Vociferously; 12 Strength; 14 Confuse; 16 Sprain; 18 Brine; 19 Able.