DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

7 Run away from rebel operations (5)

8 Ought the chief to cool down? He’s rash! (7)

9 No secret tune outside (4-3) 10 Relating to a fight (5) 12 Does it provide representatives in all quarters? (4,6)

15 Quite open managing directors? (5,5)

18 The first doctor is an idler (5)

19 Precocious member of the team (7)

21 Cut down thrones (7) 22 Talked about part of a wheel (5)

DOWN

1 Part of a watch that cannot be new (10)

2 Provide for a surplus of 100 (5)

3 A girl to rave about (4) 4 Singers or such (6) 5 Foreigner meets parkkeeper on street (8)

6 Tell of a second reckoning (7)

11 One only fights in play (3,7) 13 Simple substances that make up the weather (8) 14 On his own, the doctor goes north – wise fellow! (7) 16 Insult beyond the limit (6) 17 Prohibition affecting nobleman (5)

20 Presumably the worker finds it uplifting (4)

Friday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Half-light. 8 Ray. 9 Short notice. 11 Replete. 12 Bison. 13 Grinds. 15 Seance. 17 Ticks. 18 Overact. 20 Proofreader. 22 Awl. 23 Early bird. Down: 2 Ash. 3 Lathe. 4 Grovel. 5 Thimble. 6 Press onward. 7 By consent. 10 On principle. 11 Right away. 14 Dispose. 16 Coffer. 19 Enemy. 21 Ear.

QUICK ACROSS

7 Smell (5)

8 Set apart (7) 9 Shake (7) 10 Married (5) 12 Ominous (10) 15 Utterance (10) 18 Quick (5) 19 Compensation (7) 21 Be left (7) 22 Corner (5)

DOWN

1 Corpulence (10) 2 Might (5) 3 Clutch (4) 4 Noiseless (6) 5 Shock troop (8) 6 Party (7) 11 Miserable (10) 13 Proposal (8) 14 Vertical (7) 16 Elf (6) 17 Margin (5) 20 Pull (4)

Friday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Brilliant. 8 Sum. 9 Meritorious. 11 Dimness. 12 Lucid. 13 Scrape. 15 Gyrate. 17 Ideal. 18 Appoint. 20 Educational. 22 Ass. 23 Extremity.

Down: 2 Rue. 3 Lithe. 4 Arrest. 5 Trolley. 6 Association. 7 Amendment. 10 Remorseless. 11 Dismissal. 14 Pollute. 16 Vacant. 19 Poise. 21 Apt.