TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

1 Advise (9) 8 Sphere (3) 9 Blessing (11) 11 Plead (7) 12 Funny (5) 13 Fussy (6) 15 Sober (6) 17 Distribute (5) 18 Foretell (7) 20 Swap (11) 22 Tank (3) 23 Drab (9) 2 Stretch (3) 3 Gnat (5) 4 Agitate (6) 5 Shrink (7) 6 Implication (11) 7 Exuberant (9) 10 Membership of a

state (11) 11 Immoderate (9) 14 Unbeliever (7) 16 Scanty (6) 19 Anaesthetic (5) 21 Fuel (3)

with girl (5) 17 Returning once more with

artist to river (7) 19 Priggish person absorbing the Spanish piece of music (7) 20 It may develop into

friendship (5) 21 About to ask for an

encore (10) 2 A first example (5) 3 Exhausted, as a cricket

team just behind? (3-4) 4 Another ten go to match 1 Greedy (10) 8 Mountain ash (5) 9 Sending-off indicator (3,4) 10 Excessive (7) 11 Invasions (5) 12 Aircraft with one set of

wings (9) 15 Be consequent on (5) 17 US river and falls (7) 19 Introduction (7) 20 Cordiality (5) 21 Duplication (10) 2 Not a consonant (5) 3 At a low ebb (3-4) 4 Reporter from abroad (13) 5 More peculiar (5) 6 Coastal area (7) 7 Caesar’s March date (4) 8 Rhythmic guitar phrase (4)