TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Study programme that

makes an impact (5,6) 9 Pleasant times for power

in America (3)

10 Piece rent apart where

shaking starts (9)

11 English getting into strange

sort of army rank (8) 12 Powder stored in some

hospital cupboard (4) 14 Rodent one gets on

allowance (6)

16 Relish difficult situation (6) 18 Politician is about to see

little devils (4) 19 Holy campaigns scared us

badly (8)

22 Country revealing Ulster vehicle with Jaguar’s interior (9)

23 Paddle in the sound for fish

delicacy (3)

24 ‘ Hurried round border ’ , on record as cause of back pain (7,4)

DOWN

2 Person waking up on part

of stair (5)

3 One’s very bony knees; lot

disagree (8)

4 Patron’s right in court (6) 5 Exploited, and that’s

nothing new (4)

6 Bit of trouble when behind

at tennis? (7)

7 Ben’s virtues misconstrued

as slavish (11)

8 Unusual aspect there for

classroom favourite (8,3) 13 Remedial treatment if dirt’s

a problem (5,3)

15 Optical illusion in the

news (7)

17 Voting system fit for

European capital (6) 20 Return violin for indoor

game (5)

21 Stay with father around

start of Ramadan (4)