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

1. Badly-written phrase inset in brackets (11) 9. Ring fighter? (7) 10. Tree entitled to respect (5) 11. Not so common in wear are red waistcoats! (5) 12. Refrain from giving the sailor a dirty look (7) 13. One before giving the sailor a dirty look? (6) 15. Abscond from French tents (6) 18. Entirely in company with us, but not sympathetic (7) 20. Incense used in strange rituals (5) 22. One way to apply a finish to education (5) 23. Board transport in a violent rainstorm (7) 24. Resolution put forward in a large town (11)

Down

2. Moving creates a commotion (5) 3. Possibly sore after the finish but give approval (7) 4. Sailor joins a Scotsman on the roads (6) 5. Yet they may be quoted as odds (5) 6. Country surrounding an American state (7) 7. See me cringe from such crises! (11) 8. One of four, relatively speaking (11) 14. A natural sun-shade (7) 16. A commodity extensively used (7) 17. A grim situation on board (6) 19. Wrong towel for a bird (5) 21. Make allowance for a general (5)

Quick Across

1. Bracket (11) 9. Bullfighter (7) 10. Senior (5) 11. More unusual (5) 12. Refrain (7) 13. Cricket team (6) 15. Depart secretly (6) 18. Insensitive (7) 20. Rage (5) 22. Eject (5) 23. Board transportation (7) 24. Persistence (11)

Down

2. Awake (5) 3. Sanction (7) 4. Paving material (6) 5. Betting odds (5) 6. US state (7) 7. Unforeseen occurrences (11) 8. Relative (11) 14. Celestial phenomenon (7) 16. Stretchy (7) 17. At the back (6) 19. Young bird (5) 21. Bursary (5)