2-SPEED CROSSWORD

Quick crossword answers also fit the large grid.

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

4. Noticed a description of a Dalmatian (7) 8. Disturbance – United Nations gets termination of activity (6) 9. It makes current measures possible (7) 10. Guinea-pigs one found in rocky hollows (6)

11. One has no cover in this state (6)

12. Checked and taken to the station (8)

18. Left cavity as ventilation on board (8) 20 & 2Dn. Evening riders may be diverted by them! (6-7) 21. Holy man to look for water (6) 22. It's permitted to be in friends' beds (7)

23. Limits the normal growth of gimmicks (6)

24. Not many could show the opposite (7)

Down

1. Tunic for a knight, we hear (7) 2. See 20 Across

3. They are reckoned on the credit side, like radio receivers (6)

5. Think about mother producing a scent container (8) 6. Walks on the tyre tracks (6) 7. Things that take place still near back-street (6)

13. Test ribbons first for ornamental threadwork (8) 14. To sip no mixed drinks (7) 15. A set-back about poetic work (7)

16. One put in the pantechnicon to no avail (2,4)

17. Imperial tourists take in Venetian bridge (6)

19. The score is increased by fifty per cent (6)

QUICK CLUES: Across

4. Suggest (7) 8. Repulsion (6) 9. Barren (7) 10. Allowance (6) 11. Vent (6) 12. Charm (8) 18. Trustworthy (8) 20. Gambol (6) 21. Purloined (6) 22. Diaphragm (7) 23. Mowing tool (6) 24. Willingly (7)

Down

1. Parched (7) 2. Fragile (7)

3. Gay (6)

5. Sane (8) 6. Corsair (6)

7. Tray (6) 13. Compassionate (8) 14. Capacity (7) 15. Wander (7) 16. Commend (6) 17. Looked angrily (6) 19. Untouched (6)