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TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

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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. Put out of sight over in the chalice (5,2)

7. Slippers for stubborn folk? (5)

9. Retreat at the end of the garden (3)

10. Bone man has top toe fractured (9)

12. Do they give out a beat to get steamed up about? (6,5)

15. She knows just how to behave with pertly faced make-up (7,4)

17. She has fifty seals around – found them on the beach (3,6)

19. Trouble with a commercial ring (3)

21. Quiet, please – saint not feeling too good (5)

22. Takes off fur coats (7)

Down

1. Forty winks before number twelve (5)

2. Three ways to make repairs (3)

3. Hubbub involving us at heart (4)

4. Not a smooth trip – and splattered by ripe mud (5,4)

5. When to eat haphazardl­y before five, for example? (7)

8. Show concerning Eva going to pieces with learner (6)

11. Gnome-like with sly exterior and without thought for others (9)

13. Marked it up on the splintered deck (6)

14. Further performanc­es by engineers taking on fuel (7)

16. Farewell across the channel (5)

18. Flower girl (4)

20. The solution lies in a black eye! (3)

Quick Across

6. Conceal (5,2)

7. Backless shoes (5)

9. Lair (3)

10. Bone specialist (9)

12. Percussion instrument­s (6,5)

15. Polite woman (7,4)

17. Discarded mollusc coverings (3,6)

19. Fuss (3)

21. Stationary (5)

22. Wool coats (7)

Down

1. Twelve (5)

2. Stitch (3)

3. Bother (4)

4. Uncomforta­ble journey (5,4)

5. Midafterno­on (7)

8. Disclose (6)

11. For oneself (9)

13. Checked (6)

14. Reiterates (7)

16. Farewell (5)

18. Flower (4)

20. Piano lever (3)

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