2-Speed Crossword

Choose either the quick or cryptic clues - answers are the same.

QUICK CLUES

Across 6. Port (7) 7. Cassettes (5) 9. Nozzle (3) 10. Asteroid (9) 12. Strict existence (7,4) 15. Lumberjacks (4,7) 17. Mechanics (9) 19. Number (3) 21. Mythical beauty (5) 22. Intimation (7)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 6. Shelter where bra returns in time (7) 7. Ties monkey in a back street (5) 9. Spout thrown overboard by Sam (3) 10. Heavenly body paled into another form (9)

12. Austere existence ruins plants, I fear (7,4)

15. Woodsmen - though they do not cut it up! (4,7)

17. If civil they may do good work on the roads (9)

19. One short of a crowd, they say (3) 21. She left Athens for Paris (5) 22. Suspicion aroused by broken bit of chain in gin cocktail (7) Down 1. Suit collar (5) 2. Man’s name (3) 3. Source of power (4) 4. Former distinction (4,5) 5. Opinions (7) 8. On duty (2,4) 11. Stimulating foretaste (9) 13. Man’s jacket (6) 14. Jewellery item (7) 16. String (5) 18. Skating area (4) 20. Sell (3) Down 1. First learners ring out of order for dress feature (5)

2. He is shown up in debate (3)

3. It is useful when burned (4)

4. Gray’s plot to recover former splendour (4,5)

5. Falsify most of the principles we adhere to (7)

8. Ready for duty by the phone? (2,4) 11. Tripe stewed with split peas to make you hungry (9)

13. Smoking jacket? (6)

14. Little ornament containing material for printers (7)

16. String net cast at random around wing-half (5)

18. The icy part of 14 Down (4)

20. Work at, or play with a loss (3)