2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. Changes which should be made by wrongdoers (6)

Place for a writer to take a dip (6)

Sink a vessel carrying coal (7)

Piece of land apparently not untenanted (5) Period from very early times (4)

Hides one’s relatives on board (5)

A view that makes sense (5)

Press club (4)

Possibly eager to correspond (5)

Is it the smell that makes people furious? (7)

Book of the year (6)

Do they use pitchforks when working? (6)

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21. Beach seat (9) Tolerant (7) Reproducer (7) Extreme (7) Biblical character (5) Tree stem (5) Stunted vegetation (5)

Down

1. It sees or can be seen in the dark (4-3)

2. It’s not a positive answer (7)

3. Prepares to publish new diets (5)

4. Flag officers? (7)

5. Upset a lighter (5)

6. Condition put into words (5)

9. It may be adjusted for the rest of the holiday (9)

Generous in providing a form of Braille (7) He runs off, heading off the sprinter (7) Concentrated in time (7)

A rash sort of girl (5)

Body in the baggage (5)

Clean growth (5)

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SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 3 Chaffinch; 8 Baby; 9 Breakfast; 10 Eluded; 11 Beard; 14 Title; 15 Mean; 16 Tramp; 18 Viol; 20 Arose; 21 Niobe; 24 Lariat; 25 Badminton; 26 Moor; 27 Senseless. Down: 1 Objective; 2 Abduction; 4 Hard; 5 Frame; 6 Infirm; 7 Cast; 9 Beget; 11 Brace; 12 Depositor; 13 Inventory; 17 Pagan; 19 Litmus; 22 Banal; 23 Mate; 24 Loss.