CRYPTIC AND QUICKIE CROSSWORD

ONE GRID, TWO PUZZLES

CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1. Heavenly body - you’ll find me in bed! (5) 4. Does this contain records fit for a lumber camp? (7) 8. Stuffy description of one with no successor, we hear (7) 9 & 3 Dn. Producer of peaceful branches? (5,4) 10. A blow from Angus Thompson (4) 11. Notes air is transposed as ‘Lady of Spain’ (8) 13. What the craftsman uses, as well as a learner (4) 14. Restraining device to exert sovereign control, we hear (4) 16. Prominent feature of chief country (8) 17. Parasite to run away from, by the sound of it (4) 20. One gets a ring from Karen Adams (5) 21. Producing a rent

from Tangier (7) 22. Framework used in the training of climbers (7) 23. Chosen to succeed some of the lecturers (5) DOWN 1. The result of a cardiac transplant? (6,2,5) 2. Indicates points

scored (5) 3. See 9 Across 4. Diminish a period of instruction, we hear (6) 5. Nothing interrupts the saints - that’s a propitious sign (4,4) 6. You’ll find nothing to hold down a point of view (7) 7 & 19Dn. Don’t let the dial slip (4,1,8,4) 12. Telephone conversation at the summons of the bell! (4,4) 13. The safety of the circus performer may depend on this (7) 15. Solders, maybe,

use tin mixture (6) 18. Folk literature about one French river (5) 19. See 7 Down

QUICKIE

ACROSS 1. Uncertainty (5) 4. Propriety (7) 8. Melancholy (7) 9. Niches (5) 10. Detail (4) 11. Flirt (8) 13. Gloomy (4) 14. Employer (4) 16. Badges of

office (8) 17. Sharp (4) 20. Lift (5) 21. Hurricane (7) 22. Merit (7) 23. Lock (5) DOWN 1. Eminent (13) 2. Excessive (5) 3. Afterwards (4) 4. Dictator (6) 5. Subjugation (8) 6. Cockerel (7)

7. Assorted (13) 12. Less gloomy (8) 13. Sack (7) 15. Small (6) 18. Dodge (5) 19. Worry (4)