Daily crossword

Quick Crossword answers also fit the large grid

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1. Manacle (8) 5. N.Zealand bird (4)

9. Flaccid (4)

10. Eastern (8)

11. Vacillate (5)

12. Carry out (7)

13. Deception (13)

18. Tolerable (8)

19. Ray (4)

20. Admit (7)

21. Braid (5)

22. Whirlpool (4)

23. Candidate (8)

DOWN

2. Disturb (7)

3. Empty (7)

4. Absent-mindedness (13)

6. Encroach (7)

7. Malady (7)

8. Disclose (6)

13. Collapse (7)

14. Fettered (7)

15. Idols (6)

16. Vague (7)

17. Post (7)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1. A reducing agreement

(8)

5. Clever, but bigheaded when there’s beer around (4)

9. Could be in the back or cricketers returning (4) 10. Avoided spy, as bed changed (8)

11. He’s lost heart - the remainder is 50 (5)

12. Soon her turn brings us towards the land (7) 13. Forebodings that now it’s about males (13)

18. Looked forward to except for change by editor (8) 19. Libertine in the garden? (4)

20. Ring after bogus work is returned, and have a hair wash (7)

21. Human being loses heart as Argentinian emerges (5)

22. The girl may be backward, but she can eat well (4)

23. Write notes to get a girl to come to tea for a change (8)

DOWN

2. Surpass, or get open air combination (7)

3. Battles as prescribed, perhaps (7)

4. Make a lunatic weep? (3,3,3,4)

6. Instrument graduates shortly take (7)

7. Would finish smaller if there were a finish (there isn’t!) (7)

8. Herbal sample includes healing agent (6)

13. Pushed by reporters? (7) 14. Throw light upon former flat land (7)

15. Get away from two points on headland (6)

16. Eastern promise, perhaps (7)

17. Extract from the sweepstake outstanding prizes (4,3)