2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Diagrammatic form of catechism (9) 8. Talkative bird that is quiet to begin with (3) 9. Nought, for example! (5,6) 11. Broadcast rated A.I. perhaps (7) 12. Go away for a holiday (5) 13. He can carry drink (6) 15. Steps inside? (6) 17. Big part of provincial Argentina (5) 18. Cancels the signature for the plans? (7) 20. Following page in the marriage ceremony (5-6) 22. Born in a famine, evidently (3) 23. The price of silence? (4,5)

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2. Sound of a dove and a duck in company (3) 3. Agencies that inform me before help comes up (5) 4. Loiter perhaps, but he’s unlikely to! (6) 5. Short rhyme upheld by Colet (7) 6. His role may be grand or comic (5-6) 7. Ladies expected to succeed (9) 10. Subscriber? (11) 11. It’s distasteful, drive back fast! (9) 14. It clears one’s view - to humbug? (7) 16. He was known for his fairness (6) 19. Move the ship in haste amid confusion (5) 21. Girl thieves lack this (3)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Diagrammatic (9) 8. Pastry dish (3) 9. Whole number (5,6) 11. Emit (7) 12. Depart (5) 13. Baggage handler (6) 15. Steps (6) 17. Huge (5) 18. Invents (7) 20. Procession attendant (5-6) 22. Born (3) 23. Payment to ensure secrecy (4,5)

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2. Dove’s call (3) 3. Vehicles (5) 4. Labourer (6) 5. Two lines of verse (7) 6. Performer (5-6) 7. Successors (9) 10. Insurer (11) 11. Repulsive (9) 14. Optical treatment (7) 16. Mythical figure (6) 19. Vapour (5) 21. Day before (3)