TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

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

Cryptic Across

1 & 8A Challenge and somehow

sell quaint coin (4,2,8) 9. Supplant iced confection when going round the mountains backwards (8) 10. See 4 Down 12. Occasional patch which is even more colourful than a red-letter day? (6) 14. Speak in (or from) detail... (6) 15 . ... and details the

conditions (6) 17. I’m about to take my hat

off to the fielder (3-3) 18. Tool sounds like 18 Down (4) 19. Her underclothes go round

certain felines... (8) 21 . ... and these go round certain canine (and clerical) members (3,7) 22. Matter for regret when Pisa

city centre is removed (4) Down 2. Old relic, almost, before date changed – completely out of date! (10) 3. Halt dropping (4) 4 & 10A Mathematical expression unheard of in gardening circles! (6,4) 5. Protect the hard of hearing

without a conclusion (6) 6. Taken aback – it’s biting

in the toboggan! (8) 7. One little editor has left

country with 15 (4) 11. How to put in for a book no

longer published? (3,2,5) 13. Virtuous game? (8) 16. Flexible in addition

with 17 Down... (6) 17 . ... and unbalanced! (6) 18. Tots up for audition

like 18 Across (4) 20. Clasp an aspirated

serpent (4)

Quick Across

1. Shout (4) 8. Under discussion (2,8) 9. Move (8) 10. Tuber (4) 12. Colour (6) 14. Expand (6) 15. Governed areas (6) 17. Fielding position (3-3) 18. Hand tool (4) 19. Big cats (8) 21. Clerical neck bands (3,7) 22. Sympathy (4) Down 2. Obsolete (10) 3. Flaccid (4) 4. Shape (6) 5. Support (6) 6. Surprised (8) 7. Entity (4) 11. No longer published (3,2,5) 13. Tolerance (8) 16. Lithe (6) 17. Of the mind (6) 18. Combines (4) 20. Metal fastening (4)