Double Crossword

Across

1. Get rid of a tip (4)

3. Puts in the wrong part – the actors inside fail to make a hit (8)

9. I'm coming back to place a bet – here's the slip (7)

10. A piece provided by the donor (5)

11 And 19 Down. Relatively speaking, it may have many branches (12,4)

13. Intimation that the section is to be reorganised without a leader (6)

15. Biblical priest has upset the prophet (6)

17. Male thugs ran amok – to commit this? (12)

20. Traverse freely over a stretch of grazing country (5)

21. Throwing when the ship got in rough surroundings (7)

22. People are put out by their actions (8)

23. See 7 Down

Down

1. To mother, going grey is hurtful (8)

2. See 16 Down

4. Hard water container (6)

5. An expert in detecting when one has a change of heart (12)

6. Use sand for making sweetmeats! (7)

7 And 23 Across. Pure description of what short-sighted observers do! (8)

8. Does it indicate the scale of business transacted? (7-5)

12. Concerted attacks will cause anger in pubs (8)

14. Retainer incommoded without the right apprentice (7)

16 And 2 Down. Building instructor is one of some standing in the lodge! (6-5)

18. I went for the thread (5)

19. See 11 Across

Quick puzzle

Across

1. Huge (4)

3. Touching (8)

9. Pictorial (7)

10. Danger (5)

11. Signing on (12)

13. Biased (6)

15. Hawker (6)

17. Amity (12)

20. Worship (5)

21. Refugee (7)

22. Elongate (8)

23. Despatched (4)

Down

1. Energetic (8)

2. Argot (5)

4. Harmony (6)

5. Suppositional (12)

6. Commotion (7)

7. Serene (4)

8. Punishment (12)

12. Outlook (8)

14. Forsaken (7)

16. Stick (6)

18. Ooze (5)

19. Lament (4)

Tuesday's solutions

CRYPTIC – Across: 6 Rioters; 7 North; 9 U-boat; 10 Truckle; 12 Chiropodist; 14 Aimlessness; 18 Landing; 19 Legal; 21 Blues; 22 Outpace Down: 1 Limbs; 2 Attach; 3 Ore; 4 Forced; 5 Stylise; 8 Propane; 11 Present; 13 Vitally; 15 Ledger; 16 Sherpa; 17 Fancy; 20 Fur.

QUICK – Across: 6 Colonel; 7 Stand; 9 Truth; 10 Quieten; 12 Exhortation; 14 Permissible; 18 Hosiery; 19 Impel; 21 Queen; 22 Fatigue. Down: 1 Hoard; 2 Vortex; 3 Let; 4 Street; 5 Envenom; 8 Sustain; 11 Consort; 13 Decorum; 15 Maiden; 16 Limpid; 17 Rebut; 20 Pay.