_{This puzzle is a part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #4: Cross-*non*-words}

Here’s a crossword puzzle – actually, listed here are two of them – with a twist. Every entry within the two grids under comprises the 5-letter substring ‘cross’ someplace inside its letters. In order to suit the entries into the grid, this substring have to be changed by a cross image wherever it seems.

Now that I’ve defined this gimmick, this could hopefully be pretty simp⁠—

Oh, wait…

2012 motion thriller movie starring Tyler Perry because the title character (4,5)
Timed competitors during which automobile drivers navigate an outlined course one by one (9)
Ranged weapons which hearth bolts (9)
Lateral extension in a nook of the architrave of a window or door (9)
Having one or each pupils turned inwards in the direction of the nostril (5-4)
Make a sound be heard steadily as one other turns into silent (5-4)
Gunshots from two or extra instructions passing via the identical space (9)
Pelicans, toucans, puffins, and zebras, maybe? (9)
Irritability (9)
The capacity of avid gamers to make use of completely different consoles or platforms while on-line collectively (5-4)
A marked a part of a street the place pedestrians have proper of approach (9)
This puzzle! (9)
Go via (a spot) to shorten one’s route (3,6)
Prussian navy ornament established in 1813 (4,5)
Off-road race on two wheels (9)
Meet (any person) by likelihood (3,6)
Associated with teams from numerous societal backgrounds or methods of life (5-8)
Ophthalmologists’ instrument developed by Edward Jackson to right astigmatism (5,8)
Questioned (e.g. a suspect) (5-8)
Confusion or failure because of individuals working or speaking with completely different objectives (5-8)
Hybrid canine, e.g. Labradoodle or Goldador (8,5)
Piece of sports activities gear comprising a roughly triangular internet on the tip of a pole (8,5)
Symbol showing on the flags of Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea (8,5)
‘Via Crucis’ (3,2,3,5)

It appears I’ve uncared for to pair the clues to their corresponding grids and embody their clue numbers – whoops! What’s extra, the clues themselves do not even seem in grid order – foolish me. It appears like you are going to have to use some grid-deduction to work out which reply belongs the place… At least I’ve helpfully remembered to point all occurrences of the letter ‘A’ within the first grid and ‘B’ within the second, in order that’s one thing I suppose… Good luck!

TASK: Solve the 24 ‘cross-word’ clues and deduce how one can enter them into the grids, utilizing cross symbols the place required. The accepted reply mustn’t solely present the finished grids but additionally clarify not less than a little bit of the deductive course of concerned in inserting the solutions (as an help to different solvers).