2-Speed Crossword
Choose either the quick or cryptic clues – answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1. Australian employee of mine? (6) 4. Wicked light! (6)
9. Resolute drama students are! (8,2,3) 10. Common knowledge (3,4)
11. One is upset by such a din (5) 12. Stores to haul on board (5)
14. Scope for shooting (5)
18. Play involving a doctor and a mother? (5) 19. Make the most of an adventure (7) 21. Turned and took a different set of lectures (7,6)
22. Fashion design made one’s name (6) 23. Ensures one has a nap standing up? (6)
Down
1. Aerial I’d put up on a post (6)
2. Is acclaimed and departs slamming the door (4,4,1,4)
3. Time to muse (5)
5. About ten Anna’s a bit of a butterfly! (7) 6. Art directors? (7,6)
7. One eats it, of course (6)
8. It’s intended in some anti-social activities (5) 13. Lew rang about an argument (7) 15. Orders a transfer of credits without right (6) 16. Live wires taken on stage, perhaps (5) 17. Controls cattle (6)
20. Inclined to be flat? (5)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1. Excavator (6) 4. Taper (6) 9. Ready to perform (8,2,3) 10. Underhand (3-4) 11. Sound (5) 12. Packs (5) 14. Scale (5)
18. Play (5)
19. Feat (7) 21. Altered direction (7,6) 22. Autographed (6) 23. Taunts (6)
Down
1. Type of aerial (6) 2. Takes place successfully (4,4,1,4) 3. Greek Muse (5) 5. Insect’s appendage (7) 6. Artist’s work surfaces (7,6)
7. Main course (6) 8. Intended (5) 13. Argument (7) 15. Decrees (6) 16. Guides (5) 17. Bullocks (6) 20. Prostrate (5)
SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:
Across: 1 Hydrostatics; 7 Eaten; 8 Shape; 9 Map; 10 Ever after; 11 Scythe; 12 Polish; 15 Remembers; 17 Ski; 18 Safer; 19 Uncle; 21 Railway-lines. Down: 1 Headmistress; 2 Oft; 3 Tandem; 4 Testators; 5 Craft; 6 Searchlights; 7 Empty; 10 Ephemeral; 13 Issue; 14 Nebula; 16 Mafia; 20 Col.