TWO SPEED CROSSWORD Cryptic

This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid. If you can’t solve the Cryptic clues, try the Quick.

Across

1. Honest and direct (8) 5. Word associated with

poker, but it’s not flush! (4) 9. Not often seen in London,

certainly! (4)

10. You won’t care if you lose

it (8)

11. Last associated with a cup,

perhaps (5)

12. Its message is a grave

one (7)

13. Like a miner with time on

his hands (13)

18. Taken by those who are

sick and tired of work? (4,4) 19. What the sea may do to a

ship (4)

20. Defect in an emblem is

hard to see (7)

21. Copy wrongly (5)

22. It may be kept or eaten (4) 23. Many steps have been

taken for the sake of it (8) Down

2. One isn’t shaken, though it

may make one shake (7) 3. Mean temper following a

farewell (7) 4. Is he making an empty

protest? (6,7)

6. Pray the change will do you

good (7)

7. Many felt irritated and

abandoned (7)

8. No answer? (6)

13. Sort of bounder lacking rich

investments (7) 14. Be disagreeable (7)

15. A reporter’s comeback

perhaps (6)

16. Excel or finish with such

sports (7)

17. Sensing change they finish

top of the staff perhaps (7)