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
6. A companion with many a sailor (7)
7. Stick to veto all round (5)
9. See 20 Down
10. Men who have not yet settled (7)
12. Signifying a smaller amount, but conveying no sense (11)
14. Emerging, but just failing to get a place, we hear (6,5)
18. Presumably it comes from the main seam! (3,4)
19. Correspond with a friend after tea (5)
21. An impression that doesn’t take much licking (5)
22. A street cutting into unspoilt meadowland (7) Down
1. Bound to be a good place for wine (5)
2. The confederacy produces a nautical measure (6)
3. A weapon with which one fiddles (3)
4. Bygone days shown by the Spanish drawing (6)
5. North African making his room untidy (7)
8. About a marriage – it takes place after separation! (7)
11. They cause perplexity in games, maybe (7)
13. The style with a pen that shows diffidence (7)
15. Revenue for company involved in mine reorganisation (6)
16. Personal touches shown by the artist (6)
17. Apprehension among international armies (5)
20 & 9Ac. They are used as a
sound preventive (3,5)
Quick Across
6. Sailor (7)
7. Club (5)
9. Stoppers (5)
10. Those owing (7)
12. Futile (11)
14. Emerging (6,5)
18. Fuel (3,4)
19. Agree (5)
21. Mark (5)
22. Grassland (7)
Down
1. Strongroom (5)
2. Union (6)
3. Nod (3)
4. Crayon (6)
5. Spanish architectural style (7)
8. Gathering (7)
11. Mysteries (7)
13. Shyness (7)
15. Revenue (6)
16. Features (6)
17. Fright (5)
20. Hearing organ (3)