TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

Quick Clues

ACROSS 1 Not moving (9) 8 Day before (3) 9 Horse tracks (4-7) 11 Warship (7) 12 Corner (5) 13 Collect (6) 15 Bombard (6) 17 Throng (5) 18 Redecorate (7) 20 Face (11) 22 Sale item (3) 23 Head set (3-6)

DOWN 2 Girl’s name (3) 3 Shoestrings (5) 4 Shape (6) 5 Highest-pitched (7) 6 Yielding of tenure (11) 7 Stand in for (9) 10 Mitigates (11) 11 Gears (3-6) 14 Carry out (7) 16 Speaker (6) 19 Mixed drink (5) 21 Signal (3)

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1 Incapacitated - lay spread out! (9) 8 She is found among the believers (3) 9 Not series of lessons in ethnic characteristics! (4-7) 11 Guardian of the seas for the pleasure tripper (7) 12 Its size varies to some degree (5) 13 Assemble a fold of the gown (6) 15 Attack from the air could be faster (6) 17 They move en masse in March or December (5) 18 Put on another coat (7) 20 Approve of a face (11) 22 Many almost reluctant (3) 23 They could pick up the sound of one phrase, maybe (3-6)

DOWN 2 The girl needs a District Attorney (3) 3 Fifty experts needed for making fine fabrics (5) 4 Bribe to make the account even (6) 5 This is sung over the air (7) 6 Relinquishment of office with quiet submission (11) 7 Act as agent and put the show on again (9) 10 Neutralises the computer laws (11) 11 They are engaged in engineering (3-6) 14 To work with a will! (7) 16 Rota modified by an alternative speaker (6) 19 Blow a hot drink! (5) 21 Potter uses it - that’s a hint (3)