Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Remove obscurity from the screen (6)
4. Recruits for strange sect about the present time (6)
9. Certainly not descriptive of the hard core! (6-7)
10. No finer translation of part of the Divine Comedy (7)
11. The strain associated with someone’s departure (5)
12. First to activate the pump (5)
14. Take a quick shot at a woodcock (5)
18. In the pictures he enriches a certain lustre (5)
19. Leafy place at the back of Hindhead produces a haven (7)
21. Machinery essential for the bookmaker! (8-5)
22. Labelled as an unusual gadget (6)
23. Part of a typewriter to cover with thin metal bearing (6)
Down
1. Military group particular people go into (6)
2. Cattle raiser is a cultured type (3,2,8)
3. In the courts we are to make a definite assertion (5)
5. Forsake uncontrolled behaviour (7)
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Hide Ad6. Become a candidate for a professional examination, but put in an objection (5,1,7)
7. Rushes the southern borders (6)
8. The endless noise made by the cast (5)
13. Chap gets something for driving off a water mammal (7)
15. The tip has become a place under fire (3-3)
16. By-pass closed about mid-morning (5)
17. Coming from the rector is one prayer (6)
20. Drive away when some of the male personnel turned up (5)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Lying face upwards (6)
4. Shut (6)
9. Dull (13)
10. Disgrace (7)
11. Stroke of luck (5)
12. Condescend (5)
14. Dish (5)
18. Laconic (5)
19. Comfort (7)
21. Impossible (13)
22. Surpass (6)
23. Fault (6)
Down
1. Crush (6)
2. Charitable (13)
3. Eminent (5)
5. Lascivious (7)
6. Agitate (4,2,7)
7. Excavator (6)
8. Genuinely (5)
13. Work (7)
15. Clothing (6)
16. Sharp (5)
17. Pick (6)
20. Recess (5)
Friday’s solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 4 Asinine; 8 Ritual; 9 Contact; 10 Lumber; 11 Lichen; 12 Tentacle; 18 Viscount; 20 Sonata; 21 Misses; 22 Prussia; 23 Legate; 24 Betters Down: 1 Prelate; 2 Stamina; 3 Camera; 5 Spotless; 6 Notice; 7 Nickel; 13 Cavalier; 14 Russian; 15 Stashes; 16 Course; 17 Basset; 19 Chides
QUICK
Across: 4 Skilful; 8 Uneven; 9 Bravery; 10 Superb; 11 Single; 12 Disclose; 18 Specious; 20 Arrest; 21 Impose; 22 Infancy; 23 Oodles; 24 Shatter Down: 1 Subsidy; 2 Despise; 3 Petrol; 5 Kerosene; 6 Loving; 7 Unruly; 13 Obstacle; 14 Monocle; 15 Asperse; 16 Drench; 17 Depart; 19 Common