TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8 Tramp wrapping foot in towel? (7)

9 Wild creature makes noise vanish (5)

10 Some knock erratic Aussie oaf (5)

11 Mount set, doing without ring (7)

12 Corrupt state? On the contrary (9)

14 Slanderous attacks from curmudgeon (3)

16 Husband, a duke, taken for ride (3)

17 Plant a daft sheep pulled around (9)

19 Vessels seen in river region (7)

21 Staff continue to receive deliveries (5)

22 Dance company not giving aid for beginners (5)

23 Show one's worthy to leave the army? (7)

DOWN

1 Carpet Simon had changed (8)

2 Came down after ordering nice desk (8)

3 Briefly look for The Sun? (4)

4 Giro sent back home for start (6)

5 True lady undone in this? (8)

6 Political opponent from Byzantium (4)

7 Smell from chamberpot no good (4)

13 Professional feller Bond consulted (8)

14 Forces one drunk into beaten army (8)

15 Dig up Richard I’s internal parts (8)

18 Woman holds info for schedule (6)

19 Treat with acid and the rest before hospital (4)

20 Horned god last to use window element (4)

21 Station in Cordoba sector (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

8 Itinerant person (7) 9 Aussie feral canine (5) 10 Coarse Australian (5) 11 Doctored equine (7) 12 Freedom from guilt (9) 14 Wet earth (3) 16 Owned (3) 17 Large-flowered bulb (9) 19 Wide area (7) 21 Conductor's wand (5) 22 Afro-Cuban drum (5) 23 Merit (7)

DOWN

1 Reprimand (8) 2 Disgusted (8) 3 Heavenly body (4) 4 Beginning (6) 5 Marital infidelity (8) 6 Voting against (4) 7 Vile odour (4) 13 Bladed tool (8) 14 Soldierly (8) 15 Exhume (8) 18 Items of business (6) 19 Engrave (4) 20 Glass sheet (4) 21 Headquarters (4)