LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

DOUBLE CROSSWORD:

Cryptic: Across: 1 Cell; 3 Stuffing; 8 Lags; 9 Commando; 11 Secret police; 13 Afloat; 14 Attire; 17 Light sleeper; 20 Liegeman; 21 Dora; 22 Treaties; 23 Here.

Down: 1 Colossal; 2 Logical; 4 Troops; 5 Family tree; 6 Ionic; 7 Grow; 10 Detachment;

12 Decrease; 15 Improve; 16 Estate; 18 Irene; 19 Plot.

Quick: Across: 1 Also;

3 Marriage; 8 Leer; 9 Conceive; 11 Astonishment; 13 Cereal; 14 People; 17 Inconsistent; 20 Entwined; 21 Hide; 22 Solitude; 23 Less. Down: 1 Alliance; 2 Shelter; 4 Arouse; 5 Recompense; 6 Alien; 7 Ewer; 10 Antagonist; 12 Restless; 15 Precise; 16 Ascend; 18 Natal; 19 Mess.