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 Near a quiet road (5)

4 Panicked and ran off without quiet father returning (7)

8 They’re weighed at sea (7)

9 Handy trees? (5)

10 Exhaust or another car part,

say (4)

11 Adolescent having to

generate change (8)

13 One stopping in Ireland? (4) 14 The animal left one on (4)

16 Nonentities can make murder cases hard to solve (8)

17 Prime Minister of

Paradise? (4)

20 Bird going over the

Rhone (5)

21 One providing food in a

terrace, possibly (7)

22 Snooker players who might

get cups (7)

23 In which place we take the

girl in (5)

DOWN 1

Ability of an artisan to get on a boat (13) 2 Part of Mr Magoo’s cartoon gets an Academy Award (5)

3 Memo about a famous

school (4)

4 He doesn’t eat more

quickly (6)

5 Supplement taken out in

the theatre (8)

6 The parrot has flown off, I hear – there are many sides to it (7) 7 She tends to cover a

certain area (8,5)

12 Woman showing

discretion (8)

13 Naked in new act for the

floorshow (7)

15 Fights with dealers in

stolen goods (6)

18 Note in awful mourning

song (5)

19 Dish the moderates

served up (4)

Quick

ACROSS

1 Near (5)

4 Moved up and

down (7)

8 Mooring devices (7) 9 Hand parts (5)

10 Make weary (4)

11 Adolescent (8)

13 Bottle stopper (4) 14 Big cat (4)

16 Insignificant

people (8)

17 Biblical garden (4) 20 Wading bird (5)

21 One who provides

food (7)

22 Earthenware

workers (7)

23 In which place (5)

DOWN

1 Artistic skill (13)

2 Academy Award (5)

3 English school (4)

4 More speedy (6)

5 Addition (8)

6 Many-sided figure (7) 7 Health visitor (8,5)

12 Caution (8)

13 Floorshow (7)

15 Barriers (6)

18 Lament (5)

19 Casserole (4)