SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 7 Primer; 8 Search; 10 Receded; 11 Maxim; 12 Seen; 13 Knell; 17 Plump; 18 Pare; 22 Sloop; 23 Elector; 24 Eleven; 25 Patron. Down: 1 Oppress; 2 Pitched; 3 Wends; 4 Sea mile; 5 Proxy; 6 Thyme; 9 Odd number; 14 Clipper; 15 Pasture; 16 Wearing; 19 Asset; 20 Rowed; 21 He-man.