SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 7 Loire; 8 Potluck; 9 Theatre; 10 Put up; 12 Star-gazers; 15 Properties; 18 Gable; 19 Rallies; 21 Fleeces; 22 Spoke. Down: 1 Clothes-peg; 2 Mixed; 3 Rest; 4 Appear; 5 Stoppage; 6 Bustles; 11 Past-master; 13 The fence; 14 Doubles; 16 Thrash; 17 Sit on; 20 Less.