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Double Crossword

The puzzles are different but both use the same grid

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Cryptic Across

5. How to solve a knotty problem (4) 7. Shade of two ales (5,5) 8. Early in the day to have a magic wand (4) 9. Mist on golfing area prevents moisture from rising (4-6) 12. Strode out when it had been put away (6) 13. Contribute when Donald tucked in (6) 14. Mint internatio­nal body exploited (6) 16. Prize returned by artist (6) 17. Original work from infant prodigy? (10) 20. Some train for producing small amount of data (4) 21. Then I quote order secretly (2,3,5) 22. Decorate the platform (4)

Cryptic Down

1. Saucepan’s first cover passed down gently (4)

2. Exogamous section of old alphabet (4)

3. Sailor on the way overseas (6)

4. Nothing the bishop concealed outside was repellent (6)

5. Below the nude ran distraught (10)

6. The wad Noel removed was shabby (4-2-4)

10. Presence at the ball about ten (10)

11. It is bound to help an overseas traveller (6,4)

15. It was costly before the interminab­le scarcity (6)

16. Cake and port (6)

18. Pupil’s bloomer? (4)

19. Dorothy’s tiny spots (4)

Quick Across

5. Bombard (4) 7. Railway track worker (10) 8. Eternally (4) 9. Grumbled (10) 12. Coldly determined (6) 13. Stated (anag.) (6) 14. Bond firmly (6) 16. Beast (6)

17. In quick tempo (mus.) (10)

20. Pierce (4)

21. Cut off from the sea (10) 22. Watery part of milk (4)

Quick Down

1. Gamble (inf.) (4) 2. Tranquil (4) 3. Squalid (6)

4. Young swan (6) 5. Determine beforehand (10) 6. Military officer (10) 10. Shut but not locked (2,3,5) 11. Rather (10) 15. Covering with slates (6) 16. African country (6) 18. Accept (4) 19. Likelihood (4)

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