Two Speed Crossword

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

Cryptic

Across

3. A very plain standard (9)

8. A singular occasion (4)

9. Telling job for shopkeepers (9)

10. Blamed for an uproar (6)

11. Don’t sit where the dearest seats are (5)

14. Decoys, breaking the rules (5)

15. Drop and damage (4)

16. Gives out incorrect times (5)

18. Eats some meals upstairs (4)

20. They may be used to make a stool (5)

21. Sprinkle some water on some flowers (5)

24. Approaching the age of rebellion? (6)

25. Usually it’s the best of the entries (5,4)

26. Incline to be thin (4)

27. Dancer all bare in confusion! (9)

Down

1. It’s certain one shouldn’t be so sceptical! (9)

2. Sharp falls in sweet production? (4,5)

4. It gets me upset in the newspaper (4)

5. Force out an obsolete law (5)

6. It might be a latent gift (6)

7. Capital punishment (4)

9. A little extra is equivalent to a salary increase (5)

11. I’m sly perhaps, and slippery (5)

12. Put down and bore witness about it (9)

13. They impressed the old sailors (5,4)

17. Most airlines provide this flight (5)

19. This column backs one up (6)

22. It counts as a hazard for ramblers (5)

23. Some Hungarian song (4)

24. Horse ran round the ring (4)

Quick Across

3. Part of a medieval weapon (9)

8. One time (4)

9. Selling (9)

10. Uproar (6)

11. Rise (5)

14. Tempts (5)

15. Rip (4)

16. Discharges (5)

18. Eats (4)

20. Implements (5)

21. Aerosol (5)

24. Revolt (6)

25. Entrance (5,4)

26. Not fatty (4)

27. Dancer (9)

Down

1. Certainly (9)

2. Boiled sweets (4,5)

4. Article (4)

5. Precise (5)

6. Flair (6)

7. Excellent (4)

9. Lift (5)

11. Slippery (5)

12. Placed (9)

13. Formerly, men recruiting for the military (5,4)

17. Step (5)

19. Of the back (6)

22. Viper (5)

23. Opera song (4)

24. Horse colour (4)