TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

QUICK

Across 1. Small children (4) 3. Waterfall (8) 8. Praise (4) 9. Quartet (8) 11. Leaving (7,5) 13. Cricket team (6) 14. Caress (6) 17. Flue cleaner (7,5) 20. Non-attendant (8) 21. Chess piece (4) 22. All (8) 23. Liberated (4)

Down 1. Discuss (4,4) 2. Board member (7) 4. Eludes (6) 5. Flight stewardess (3,7) 6. Decorate (5) 7. Large shrub (4) 10. Bank notes (5,5) 12. Reply (8) 15. Alfresco (4-3) 16. Humble (6) 18. Hurry (5) 19. Speed contest (4)

CRYPTIC

Across 1. Children take to the back street (4) 3. A drop of water (8) 8. Praise a nobleman, we hear (4) 9. A game involving more of us (8) 11. Getting into deep water? (7,5) 13. One’s double in figures (6) 14. One of eight requires medical attention (6) 17. He may have stacks of work to do! (7,5) 20. Though he’s not there, he’s proverbially conspicuous! (8) 21. A way to raise money from a chess set (4) 22. All in the very onesided event (8) 23. No charge is made, so get release (4)

Down 1. No more to discuss? (4,4) 2. He cares for others (7) 4. Refrains from being so avid, perhaps (6) 5. An entertaining job for a girl who likes to travel (3,7) 6. Ornament held by an ambassador naturally (5) 7. A growing source of fuel (4) 10. What journalists earn? (5,5) 12. Possibly press one for an answer (8) 15. Begin with a tune outside (4-3) 16. A fellow takes me in and gets lower (6) 18. Hates having to change in a hurry (5) 19. One gets right in front - to win it! (4)