2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 & 8Ac. Challenge and somehow sell quaint coin (4,2,8)

9. Supplant iced confection when going round the mountains backwards (8)

10. See 4 Down

12. Occasional patch which is even more colourful than a red-letter day? (6) 14. Speak in (or from) detail... (6)

15. ... and details the conditions (6)

17. I’m about to take my hat off to the fielder (3-3)

18. Tool sounds like 18 Down (4)

19. Her underclothes go round certain felines... (8)

21. ... and these go round certain canine (and clerical) members (3-7)

22. Matter for regret when Pisa city centre is removed (4) Down 2. Old relic, almost, before date changed - completely out of date! (10)

3. Halt dropping (4)

4 & 10Ac. Mathematical expression unheard of in gardening circles! (6,4)

5. Protect the hard of hearing without a conclusion (6)

6. Taken aback - it’s biting in the toboggan! (8)

7. One little editor has left country with 15 (4) 11. How to put in for a book no longer published? (3,2,5)

13. Virtuous game? (8)

16. Additional, together with 17 (dn): or pliant... (6)

17. ... and unbalanced! (6)

18. Tots sound like 18 Across (4)

20. Clasp an aspirated serpent (4)