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

One making slow progress tries to move round the ring (8)

5 It’s meant to catch one in a

club (4)

9 See 21 Across.

10 One skilled in woodwork (8)

11 Sports clothes required for

southern tour (5)

12 No glossy ship’s structure is

turned round (7)

13 This will show the poundage for

seasonal surplus, maybe (6,7) 18 A place where lots get knocked

down (8)

19 Make a bet of a pound at the

Curragh? (4)

20 We will get involved with Mabel,

a frisky young creature (3-4)

21 & 9 Across After the middle of January, the wanderer changes vest (9)

22 In uniforms, a showy piece of

regalia (4)

23 Showing urgency in using an

iron (8)

DOWN

2 Dance when notes are

transposed on record (7)

3 An interim arrangement for

railheads (7) 4 Does it reduce the effect of a current charge for the motorist? (5,8)

6 A shocking strain for the

workman (7)

7 Roman poet – recent translation contains the first of the Eclogues (7)

8 The French always turn up to

make a disclosure (6) 13 They nurse nuns (7)

14 They smooth out the

billows (7)

15 Manor destroyed by northern

invader (6)

16 Nearly all the conifers are

mountain plants (7)

17 Collection of cutlery is a

mess (7)

Quick ACROSS

1 Reptile (8)

5 Lure (4)

9 Sport (4)

10 Woodlander (8)

11 Undress (5)

12 Ship’s beam (7)

13 Weighing device (6,7) 18 Place where auction

items are displayed (8) 19 Kick (4)

20 Young female

sheep (3-4)

21 Beneath (5)

22 Waistband (4)

23 Ironing (8)

DOWN

2 Dance (7)

3 Final stops (7)

4 Part of a car (5,8)

6 Craftsman (7)

7 Roman dramatist (7)

8 Show (6)

13 Siblings (7)

14 Waves (7)

15 Man’s name (6)

16 Mountain plants (7)

17 Workplace

restaurant (7)