2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Down

1. Gem (5)

2 & 15Dn. Means of existence (4,2,6) Ocean (3) Derides (6) Smokestack (7) Assistance (7)

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6. Get some compensation and put a new lid on! (7)

A turning-point as far as engineers are concerned (5)

React strangely in this case (5)

A man of letters is entitled to have this (3-4)

Released carbon dioxide (11) Post-chaises? (4-7)

What’s the woodworker doing? Dealing with a joint! (7)

The mob causing an outcry in Civil Defence (5)

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Waste time making a tasty dish (7) 7.

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1. This diver is a certain type (5)

2 & 15Dn. Existing charge? (4,2,6)

3 & 21Ac. Produced from the ocean, we

hear, and carried by the waves (3-5)

4. Mocks relative in back-street (6)

5 & 17Dn. Stacks cry for one who removes the effect of smoking! (7-5)

Act of worship required of the soldier (7) Give the particulars of a second computation (7)

Road disturbed in truce - that contradicts itself (7)

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Slips that are printed (6)

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Raw material for a blade, by the sound of it (3)

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SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 1 Chaise; 4 Sprout; 9 Record players; 10 Stamped; 11 Issue; 12 Horde; 14 Strap; 18 Adorn; 19 Misdeal; 21 Printing press; 22 Detest; 23 Paltry.

Down: 1 Curtsy; 2 Archaeologist; 3 Strip; 5 Pianist; 6 Overstatement; 7 Tester; 8 Spade; 13 Denotes; 15 Tapped; 16 Amend; 17 Flashy; 20 Sepia.