2-Speed Crossword

Choose either the quick or cryptic clues – answers are the same.

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Not a dry subject but dictators shy from it (12)

7. It’s consumed in tea-tents (5)

8. Form heaps perhaps (5)

9. Politician holding a chart (3) 10. Eternal pursuit of the happy ending (4,5) 11. Timely tool (6)

12. Not French apparently, but it could be! (6) 15. Doesn’t forget about people in society (9) 17. Fast runner down mountains (3) 18. More secure from strange fears (5) 19. Being of relative importance (5) 21. Train-bearers! (7-5)

Down

1. Possibly she dreams it’s an important job (12)

2. It’s frequently curtailed (3)

3. A four-foot cycle (6)

4. They will! (9)

5. Trade vessel (5)

6. Beaming, they’re a help to travellers in the main (12)

7. Having no occupation (5)

10. Possibly ample here, but it doesn’t last long (9)

13. Offspring produced periodically (5) 14. Unable to produce a group of stars (6) 16. Italian society who break the rules (5) 20. Pass, little colonel! (3)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Branch of science (12) 7. Devoured (5) 8. Form (5) 9. Plan (3)

10. For eternity (4,5) 11. Grass cutting implement (6) 12. Refinement (6) 15. Recalls (9) 17. Move over snow (3) 18. More protected (5) 19. Relative (5) 21. Train tracks (7-5)

Down

1. School employee (12) 2. Frequently (3) 3. Bike for two (6) 4. People leaving wills (9)

5. Art (5) 6. Illuminating devices (12) 7. Vacant (5) 10. Transitory (9) 13. Edition (5) 14. Particle cloud (6) 16. Sicilian organisation (5) 20. Ridge (3)