TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

Quick Clues

ACROSS 7 Speculation (6) 8 Uproar (6) 10 Refuse (7) 11 Gemstone (5) 12 Whirlpool (4) 13 Furious (5) 17 Channel (5) 18 Young deer (4) 22 Accumulate (5) 23 Believable (7) 24 Shopping area (6) 25 Irritations (6) DOWN 1 Astound (7) 2 Disgrace (7) 3 Crack (5) 4 Abridge (7) 5 Flower (5) 6 Grab (5) 9 Pass laws (9) 14 Abate (7) 15 Port (7) 16 Enrage (7) 19 Cold dish (5) 20 Timepiece (5) 21 Mollusc (5)

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 7 Article or letter which may not work out in practice (6) 8 Wild enthusiasm when animal coats metal (6) 10 Time to dress? Rubbish! (7) 11 Precious mineral chief with a final letter (5) 12 He goes round in circles (4) 13 Four (or six) in cover become discoloured (5) 17 Sea-bird makes most of the channel (5) 18 Flatter the young animal (4) 22 Gather for a religious service (5) 23 A number skilful and difficult to capture (7) 24 A cedar cut up for the shopping precinct (6) 25 Offends the little dogs, we hear (6) DOWN 1 Vermin get hold of egg and reel back (7) 2 Discredit, and dunderhead agreed to differ (7) 3 Shatter a series of scoring strokes (5) 4 Shorten the poor dog’s appendage (7) 5 Flower like a fizzy drink (5) 6 Arrest the sound of the oceans (5) 9 Make laws for the walker I criticise (9) 14 Go down - because they are not the first team? (7) 15 Bar disrupted in time for the port to appear (7) 16 Make very angry with strong perfume (7) 19 In the best restaurants a lady likes fresh vegetable dish (5) 20 Time-keeping sentry (5) 21 Creature needing space to describe his speed (5)