TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

Quick Clues ACROSS 6 Bearer (7) 7 Muscular person (2-3) 9 Post (5) 10 Ministers (7) 12 Data (11) 14 Singing teacher (5-6) 18 Tilting (7) 19 Moving (5) 21 Tale (5) 22 Birds (7) DOWN 1 Social gathering (5) 2 Fractured (6) 3 Ocean (3) 4 Polite (6) 5 Rampart (7) 8 Assurance (7) 11 Afflict (7) 13 Frugal (7) 15 Buy from abroad (6) 16 Simpler (6) 17 Big cats (5) 20 Atmosphere (3) Cryptic Clues

ACROSS

6 & 22Ac Did they provide the original airmail? (7-7) 7 One who doubly shows his masculinity (2-3) 9 A skewer for the meat, we hear (5) 10 Service-men? (7) 12 News of how the squadron flies (11) 14 He directs those in the stalls (5-6) 18 Paying for the service of rubbish dumping (7) 19 Bustling appearance around the street (5) 21 A bit of a jest or yarn (5) 22 See 6 Across DOWN 1 Celebration for a political group (5)

2 & 8Dn The sort of plight associated with one whose word is unreliable (6,7)

3 & 17Dn Creatures making strange noises about nearly everything (3-5) 4 Proper description of French money (6) 5 Is to ban the destruction of strong fortification (7) 8 See 2 Down 11 Continually pester people in the wrong (7) 13 Practising a provisional economic policy? (7) 15 I’m left with what is brought in (6) 16 This clue is not so complicated (6) 17 See 3 Down 20 It’s a strain to broadcast (3) Solutions to previous puzzle: Across: 1 Throughout; 7 Rules; 8 Imprint; 10 Passover; 11 Doom; 13 Racked; 15 Formal; 17 Ions; 18 Superman; 21 Shadows; 22 Links; 23 Taskmaster. Down: 1 Tales; 2 Restored; 3 United; 4 Hope; 5 Uniform; 6 Properties; 9 Timeliness; 12 Coverlet; 14 Cantata; 16 Russia; 19 Manor; 20 Folk.