2-Speed Crossword
Choose either the quick or cryptic clues – answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1. You need capital to go all over the place, we hear (4) 3. An alarming rush associated with stock (8) 9. A short dress, mother, to say the least! (7) 10. Plane in trouble in the Himalayas (5) 11. Outstanding occasion when the mail from Moscow arrives! (3,6,3) 13. What employees in the box-room do? (6) 15. Fruit ring is given scope (6) 17. The scene of fighting is part of the engraving just inside the cover (12) 20. A place for storing hay high up (5) 21. Rouse no confusion – it’s oppressive (7) 22. She produces an unusual stir in the army canteen! (8) 23. Provide sustenance, being paid for services (4)
Down
1. Observed and checked by the teacher again (8) 2. Laid with explosives – be careful, one hears (5) 4. The automaton envelops juicy food (6) 5. Sounds like an insignificant gain for Malachi, maybe (5,7) 6. Account for what was once flat country (7) 7. They slip from the reel, squirming (4) 8. He’s not himself! (12) 12. Marsh grass round the fields no longer enclosed (8) 14. Loads for the motor works! (7) 16. Somehow I stop about fifty navigation experts (6) 18. Parcel opened – bolt inside! (5) 19. Laboratory comes up with the start of mysterious ointment (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1. Italian city (4) 3. Headlong rush (8) 9. Least (7) 10. Asian kingdom (5) 11. Important occasion (3,6,3) 13. Enclose (6) 15. Colour (6) 17. Book illustration (12) 20. Up above (5) 21. Burdensome (7) 22. Lover (8) 23. Nourish (4) Down
1. Commented (8) 2. Dug (5) 4. Salad vegetable (6) 5. Secondary oracle (5,7) 6. Justify (7) 7. Long fish (4) 8. Imitator (12) 12. Liberated (8) 14. Freights (7) 16. Aviators (6) 18. Run away to marry (5) 19. Aromatic substance (4)
SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:
Across: 6 Wreaths; 7 Party; 9 Walls; 10 Log-book; 12 Story-teller; 14 Bill-sticker; 18 Remarry; 19 Might; 21 Pages; 22 Palmist. Down: 1 Tread; 2 Tablet; 3 Shy; 4 Barbel; 5 Strokes; 8 Contact; 11 Writers; 13 Literal; 15 Leader; 16 Enigma; 17 Ghost; 20 Man.