SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 1 Sift; 3 Picks out; 9 Alcohol; 10 Nitre; 11 Countrywoman; 13 Tip-off; 15 Chaste; 17 Cream cracker; 20 Perch; 21 Cottage; 22 Daybreak;

23 Pier. Down: 1 Staccato; 2 Fichu; 4 Inlays; 5 King of Hearts; 6 Outlaws; 7 Then; 8 White feather; 12 Dear dear; 14 Portray; 16 Acacia; 18 Khaki; 19 Aped.