2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 1. Conveyed to work and reproved (5,2,4) 9. Not stooping to dishonesty (7)

10. After getting bail somehow, I find an excuse (5)

11. Information that is found in the Arabian Nights (5)

12. They’re said to be loudspeakers! (7)

13. The others pop in for a meal (6)

15. Cut down chesty complications (6)

18. Try at first to entice (7)

20. A lightweight feline (5)

22. Stop a small company taking fifty on (5) 23. It has wings and flies (7)

24. A case perhaps for harmless pursuits (11) Down 2. It’s worn as protection in a prone position (5) 3. Little creatures of high birth (7)

4. It is repeatedly brought up by an outstanding

painter (6)

5. Brown bread? (5)

6. Try to make a little yarn go a long way (4,3) 7. Fast walk as a demonstration (6,5)

8. The best side of a club (5,6)

14. A girl after a bit of butter for her kneecap! (7)

16. Anger over a disease (7)

17. Still, it could be interference (6) 19. Means adjusted to accommodate the minister (5)

21. Chemical of growing importance (5)