2-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. It's dated even before use in the office (4,8) 7. Prepared to explode – or not to explode (5) 8. Got us to play zest (5) 9. Manage a chicken enclosure (3) 10. Well, no one wants it! (9) 11. Stops, we hear, for spells of recreation (6) 12. Temporarily stop work (3,3) 15. A roundabout way to come in (9) 17. Runner in a vigorous kind of winter sport (3) 18. Famous lover who had capital and nothing more (5) 19. The listener gets two points and wins (5) 21. Greek caterin' is a form of extortion! (12)

Down

1. Marketing agents for car engine components (12) 2. A company's plant (3) 3. Firefighters will use it, though it may ruin the hose (6) 4. Right name for a bad dream (9) 5. Possibly lies under a part of the church (5) 6. Existing expenditure (4,2,6) 7. Pale chap a thief may turn to (5) 10. Shopkeepers must – shoplifters do (4,5) 13. Well-equipped place for caravans en route (5) 14. Straightforward form of credit (6) 16. Dance from Burma (5) 20. The French way to feel regret (3)

Quick crossword answers also fit the large grid. QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Remembrance (12) 7. Defraud (5) 8. Backbone (5) 9. Vegetable (3) 10. Short pistol (9) 11. Zest (6) 12. Lax (6) 15. Slowcoaches (9) 17. Purpose (3) 18. Senior (5) 19. Boundary (5) 21. Festivities (12)

Down

1. Convalescence (12) 2. Fib (3) 3. Whole (6) 4. Irritability (9) 5. Due (5) 6. Light meal (12) 7. Creep (5) 10. Conversation (9) 13. Unfit (5) 14. Stableman (6) 16. Crest (5) 20. Rug (3)