2- Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES Across 1. Instrumental in enjoying good health, comparatively speaking? ( 3,2,1,6) Pale and portable, possibly... ( 5) ... unlike this, grand as it may be ( 5) Part of a discontinued container ( 3) Anticipate everyone following the wood ( 9) An excellent meal - or just a sandwich filler? ( 6) Crept along surreptitiously after the burglary ( 6) Made one’s mark, having been forced into service ( 9) Passenger on wrong train appears to be a bit of one! ( 3) Part of a long poem to follow 9’ s equivalent ( 5) What the thief did, inversely speaking, to obtain a mass of gold, perhaps ( 5) Peripatetic supporter? ( 7- 5) 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 15. 17. 18. 19. 21. Down 1. ‘ Field of Battle’ is a single article found at beginning of the book ( 12) Sink down and back 20 ( 3) We never catch up with it! ( 6) Left side opted to change ( 9) Public walk back with a South American animal ( 5) Cattle on wheels - in the goods yard? ( 7- 5) Vessel found in areas where Nile waters flow back ( 5) Outline to contrive employment ( 9) When said, it is said to be repaired the most speedily ( 5) Make over like an emblem ( 6) Animal to procure, so to speak ( 5) Empty ( but explosive?) talk ( 3) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10. 13. 14. 16. 20.