2-Speed Crossword

Choose either the quick or cryptic clues answers are the same.

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 Old relic, almost, before date changed completely out of date!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)

QUICK CLUES

Across 1. Shout (4) 8. Under discussion (2,8) 9. Move (8) 10. Tuber (4) 12. Colour (6) 14. Expand (6) 15. Governed areas (6) 17. Fielding position (6) 18. Hand tool (4) 19. Big cats (8) 21. Clerical neck bands (3,7) 22. Sympathy (4)

Down 2. Obsolete (10) 3. Flaccid (4) 4. Shape (6) 5. Support (6) 6. Surprised (8) 7. Entity (4) 11. No longer published (3,2,5) 13. Tolerance (8) 16. Lithe (6) 17. Of the mind (6) 18. Combines (4) 20. Metal fastening (4)