2-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Feeling of optimism engendered by fine liquor? (4,7) 9 & 2Dn. Dine away from home and consume all the food? (3,3) 10. Tall men to make a distribution (9) 11. Put the squeeze on newspapers (5) 13. Having no faith in merit of icy clan (7) 14. Irritate by doing some embroidery? (6) 16. A tense situation in a parliament (6) 18. No let-up for rich in revolution (7) 19. Turner of metal at heavy engineering plant (5) 20. Eastern country where 100 produce eggs for making pottery (5,4) 21. Let the cat out in 22, for example (3) 22. Ignore Della for top part (7,4)

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2. See 9 Across 3. Has pull when the scores are level (5) 4. Article in position in royal residence (6) 5. Reunite the train (7) 6. Cutting of furrow by worker (9) 7. Maintain contact without letting the ball come into play (4,2,5) 8. Attending the whole programme in any case (2,3,6) 12. Judicially kill about four in managerial capacity (9) 15. Pull slippery customer up on sheltered side (7) 17. Lets on it's not honestly gained (6) 19. Stratum suitable for egg producer (5) 21. Break the law with this instrument (3)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Homeliness (11) 9. Also (3) 10. Unfeeling (9) 11. Become void (5) 13. Chiefs (7) 14. Stew (6) 16. Beast (6) 18. Ancestry (7) 19. Less (5) 20. Cheat (9) 21. Everybody (3) 22. Solemnisation (11)

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2. Strange (3) 3. The best (5) 4. Struggle (6) 5. Include (7) 6. Dealer (9) 7. Unreliability (11) 8. Stupidly (11) 12. Mournful (9) 15. Fetter (7) 17. Improved (6) 19. Deserve (5) 21. Fuss (3)