TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

QUICK Across

1. Team (4)

3. Writes music (8)

8. Bantu warriors (4)

9. Dessert (5,3)

11. Assigned overseas (6,6)

13. Shake (6)

14. Be imminent (6)

17. Fast speed (8,4)

20. Companions (8)

21. Row (4)

22. Salad sauce (8)

23. Entity (4)

Down

1. Freight handlers (8)

2. Place (7)

4. Parentless child (6) 5. Religious journey (10)

6. Red-brown pigment (5)

7. Observes (4)

10. Mirrors (10)

12. Supporter (8)

15. Joyfulness (7)

16. Engine part (6)

18. Rajah’s wife (5)

19. Sharp (4)

CRYPTIC Across

1. Such pomposity is not a front (4)

3. Works so others may play (8)

8. Self-righteous declaration made by African warriors (4)

9. Sweet disorder in the bed (5,3)

11. If a soldier is, his mail must be! (6,6)

13. A sound to disturb (6)

14. Threaten a devil with something conclusive (6)

17. As set by one out to break a record? (8,4)

20. Study varieties in partners (8)

21. Very small part for an actor, but it’s a job (4)

22. Sauce required for a formal dinner? (8)

23. One has a lot of fun with it! (4)

Down

1. They employ various holds in their work (8)

2. Put down an initial payment (7)

4. His parents will be late (6)

5. Journey taken for a very good reason (10)

6. Brown as pie perhaps (5)

7. Understands it’s reversible (4)

10. Thinks about alternative kinds of telescopes (10)

12. He daren’t upset the one who follows (8)

15. It alone can produce a sense of euphoria (7)

16. New points in a car engine (6)

18. Indian queen managed to get two points (5)

19. Bring in a number to help sharpish! (4)