DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 In photo, get herons side by side (8)

6 A section of traffic, it yielded in town (4)

8 Exist as a prisoner, a guiding light (6)

9 Gun perhaps damaged one paw (6)

10 Dismissed sheds for pariahs (8)

13 Top and tail fish like ordinary people (4)

14 Artist hides a permit in some poetry (9)

17 Vehicle test round a deep ditch (4)

18 Spread supplied by former nurse and journalist (8)

19 Attractive sounding carriage (6)

21 Machine made by designer without hesitation (6)

23 Observed in Henley education (4)

24 Concrete mix placed round a second window (8)

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2 Frank standing to speak freely (4,2)

3 And in France get a hundred – and the rest (abbrev)(3)

4 Gives fish as a greeting (9)

5 Uncooked portion of prawns (3)

6 Swimmer, the Italian, to beat pretender (9)

7 Hot and humid weather finally in issue (6)

11 Pursued outside, it’s badly scolded (9)

12 Garden flowers, small, put in various pastes (5,4)

15 Not one railway official (6)

16 Actor Sean on banner? (6)

20 Raincoat for mother getting cold (3)

22 Jewel little Margaret returned (3)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Unlikely (8)

6 Of the kind described (4)

8 Overhaul (6)

9 Delay going to bed (4,2)

10 Follower of the Pope (8)

13 Work with wool (4)

14 Add air to (9)

17 Music with lyrics (4)

18 Roaring decade? (8)

19 Of a race (6)

21 Hypothesis (6)

23 Rear of the foot (4)

24 Egyptian monuments (8)

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2 Single (ticket) (3-3)

3 Cupped undergarment (3)

4 Glow from the hearth (9)

5 Legal code (3)

6 Endure (5,2,2)

7 Child of an uncle or aunt (6)

11 With six sides (9)

12 Joining device in electrical equipment (9)

15 Shove (through a crowd) (6)

16 Was afraid of (6)

20 School hat (3)

22 Tree affected by ‘Dutch’ disease (3)