TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid. If you can’t solve the Cryptic clues, try the Quick.

Cryptic Across

4. Grave words (7)

8. Land on fire! (6)

9. Establishing a link with carpentry (7)

10. Continually changed course, showing diplomacy, we hear (6)

11. Clearly not men of business (6)

12. No backcloth as far as mariners are concerned (8)

18. Associate oneself with radioactivity (6,2)

20. He’s in a moneymaking business (6)

21. Search for food – the enemy has a scrap inside (6)

22. Fix the score to suit the players (7)

23. It’s obvious this confers an exclusive right (6)

24. Giving them away wouldn’t show generosity (7)

Down

1. Large dog makes mother rigid (7)

2. An unpleasant set of notes will cause strife (7)

3. The girl gets a variety of set papers (6)

5. They depict the sidelines (8)

6. Seaweed produces a complication (6)

7. A busy worker to show curiosity all round the food store (6)

13. Nobody left – that’s O.K. (3,5)

14. Booked – for a forthcoming wedding (7)

15. Puts money in clothing (7)

16. This running track sounds rough (6)

17. Inequitable description of one who’s swarthy (6)

19. Describing a famous horse – he’s a hard worker (6)

Quick Across

4. Inscription (7)

8. Burning (6)

9. Uniting (7)

10. Nailed (6)

11. Loiterers (6)

12. Part of a rigged vessel (8)

18. Tune in (6,2)

20. Inventor (6)

21. Horse food (6)

22. Order (7)

23. Evident (6)

24. Mysteries (7)

Down

1. Dog (7)

2. Jarring (7)

3. Bed linen (6)

5. Outlines (8)

6. Knot (6)

7. Larder (6)

13. Adequate (3,5)

14. Betrothed (7)

15. Devotes (7)

16. Route (6)

17. Unjust (6)

19. Hard worker (6)