2-Speed crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Notice, say, kind of horse on the beach (8) 7 Post Office learner has nothing, sport! (4) 8 TV mast put right on tee in main highway, perhaps (8) 9 Twist or wither, in a way (6) 10 Bolder cut? (6) 11 Crank in teachers’ organisation (3) 12 Confess that many go into the mine shaft (5) 14 Holiday views of drains around the North! (5) 16 Rose’s fruit joint (3) 18 Sprout had been changed by holy man (6) 20 Note the way the joke has a point to charm (6) 22 Well, I’m often this when the money’s gone! (8) 23 Smart animal (4) 24 Destroyed café — sort of a warning! (8)

DOWN

1 Does cur give trouble when rubbed clean? (7) 2 More or less a boxing match (5) 3 Pull nitrogen from the sky (6) 4 Answer found in the laboratory (6) 5 Old-fashioned street article given to the French (5) 6 Public relations gets one boy into gaol (6) 13 It’s fashionable to understand nothing blue (6) 15 Call for the worker to go to the exhibition (7) 16 Coiffeur for going to party after the musical show? (6) 17 Divine footballer goes round to sell things (6) 19 American hesitates to meet employers (5) 21 Litte office has nothing on, going to a part in Italy (5) COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Strand, coastline (8) 7 Horseback ball-game (4) 8 Concerning main blood vessel (8) 9 Squirm (6) 10 Slice of bacon (6) 11 Edible kernel (3) 12 Allow to enter (5) 14 Amateur photographs (5) 16 Joint at top of leg (3) 18 Founder of Indian religion (6) 20 Undertake, give pledge (6) 22 Made penniless (8) 23 Trim, tidy (4) 24 Weather prediction (8)

DOWN

1 Cleaned with steel wool (7) 2 Approximately (5) 3 Paradise (6) 4 Snappy reply (6) 5 Old, rancid (5) 6 Penitentiary (6) 13 Deep blue (6) 15 Historical parade (7) 16 Permanent wave, curling (6) 17 Deal in small goods (6) 19 Consumers (5) 21 Birthplace of Columbus (5)