2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 3. In a deadlock four will be imperturbable (9) 8. Keep an eye on one’s appearance (4)

9. Read plays deprived of action, maybe (9) 10. One who guards a hideout used during hostilities? (6)

11. Spree that will make five stagger around! (5) 14. Unusually eager to correspond (5) 15. Remove any coarseness if found in the street (4) 16. Period dress for hooligans, we hear (5)

18. The kind of desk that looks the same both ways (4)

20. Potter uses this revolver (5)

21. Means the parson’s address has been rewritten (5)

24. A man from Spain, we hear, is not so young (6) 25. Prudence will help you to get on target (9) 26. Don’t allow one who tends animals near the ring (4)

27. Gets ahead of the clock, as the conductor does (5,4) Down 1. Hurricane lights? (9)

2. Palace apartment used at trying times (9) 4. Fellows holding a middle position (4) 5. Having been informed of a conflict over the East (5)

6. They show what it is fashionable to assume (6) 7. Six get two points and make a scene (4) 9. The boy from Cape Territory (5)

11. Gun fire dispersed about fifty (5) 12. Methods of survival of interest in cheiromancy (9)

13. The butler’s pantry is not yet completely full, apparently (9)

17. The heart of a lover! (5)

19. What the inventor seeks is quite clear (6) 22. Displace a loose garment (5)

23. The donkey is all right with me around (4) 24. Pretence will be endless disgrace (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across 3. Calm (9) 8. Gaze (4) 9. Unable to move voluntarily (9) 10. Caretaker (6) 11. Make merry (5) 14. Tally (5) 15. Sieve (4) 16. Circular pleated collars (5)

18. Type of deck (4) 20. Car part (5) 21. Minister’s house (5) 24. Older (6) 25. Sagacity (9) 26. Prohibit (4) 27. Strikes out a rhythm (5,4) Down 1. Small burners (9) 2. Place of justice (9) 4. Intend (4) 5. Cognisant (5) 6. Forms of design (6) 7. Opinion (4) 9. Man’s name (5) 11. Firearm (5) 12. Vital links (9) 13. Pantry (9) 17. Sugary (5) 19. Obvious (6) 22. Move (5) 23. Donkey (4) 24. Fake (4)