2-Speed Crossword

Across 1. The Fascist is no saint, and the people added charm (11) A 50-50 clue for the lot (3) Never drop food supplier (9) Take the hint from certain ferocity (5) King Edward was erudite (7) Snared - with a ring in the nose and 500 on the tail! (6) Bird makes sound of seal (6) Dear departed possessed a twitch. Made him look criss-cross (7) Act after credit note - that’s my belief! (5) Neatly deficient blower? (5-4) Degree in Love? Vice versa. That’s constricting! (3) Cross deeper to find an ancestor (11)

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Down 2. Trouble first class learner (3) 3. Saucy dance (5) 4. Food for the half-wit? (6) 5. They’ve got a knock in the treatment (7) 6. Alternatively dance held in certain direction (9) Provide a home from home? (11) It’s customary, when the legend has a Latin capital (11) Right in church vessel and screen up. That’s where we came in (5,4) Ted is dead? But he was living (7) Rice? Oh, how brave it makes me! (6) Beats - to get the sugar out? (5) Unfinished book sounds contemptuous (3) 7. 8.

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SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD: Across: 1 Bats; 3 Eschewed; 9 Centaur; 10 Inner; 11 Secret weapon; 13 Elbows; 15 Sphere; 17 Engine driver; 20 Leash; 21 Amnesia; 22 Pressing; 23 Etch. Down: 1 Buckshee; 2 Tunic; 4 Scrawl; 5 Heir apparent; 6 Winsome; 7 Dire; 8 Paperweights; 12 Reproach; 14 Bandage; 16 Remain; 18 Visit; 19 Clap.