2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 4. Send round a hint for money for the parson (7) 8. Side number? (6) 9. Put your name down or a foreign woman appears (7) 10. Lost, as a dog may be (6) 11. Disturbance of increasing volume (6) 12. All is not as it should be in the stud (8) 18. There are many sides to them (8) 20. Harm one thousand and two (6) 21. Discipline a lot of classes (6) 22. One must do it to survive (7) 23. Emphasise it’s a cause of tension (6) 24. A play on words? (7)

Down 1. Not a change for the better (7) 2. Apparently the bride wouldn’t think of him as such (4,3) 3. Happen to exist before Autumn Comes (6) 5. Test about food in court (8) 6. A poor state to be in (6) 7. Give a girl fifty, nothing odd in that! (6) 13. I’m put to the test and made better (8) 14. Disorderly crooner in court (7) 15. Unavailing suggestion for economy (7) 16. In which the early bird lies awaiting the worm? (6) 17. He may live for weeks on water (6) 19. Boats may be Cathy’s (6)