Last week’s solutions:

CRYPTIC – Across: 1 Mothercraft; 9 Ice; 10 Dismissal; 11 Hosts; 13 Lawyers; 14 Hoarse; 16 Lyrics; 18 Nigeria; 19 Magic; 20 Extractor; 21 Awe; 22 Free and easy. Down: 2 Ore; 3 Hides; 4 Result; 5 Railway; 6 Fastening; 7 Right-handed; 8 Close secret; 12 Slaughter; 15 Surface; 17 Carton; 19 Morse; 21 Ass.

QUICK – Across: 1 Proposition;

9 Hug; 10 Cremation; 11 Reign; 13 Deprive; 14 Pippin; 16 Repast; 18 Uniform; 19 Swell; 20 Inanimate; 21 Art; 22 Celebration. Down: 2 Rug; 3 Pecan; 4 Steady; 5 Trample; 6 Originate; 7 Therapeutic; 8 Infertility; 12 Implicate; 15 Idolise; 17 Impair; 19 Sweet; 21 Ado.