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.

Fledgling’s covering in lower part (4)

3. Do things separately perhaps to behave hypocritically (3,1,4)

8. Border on which one is nervy (4)

9. Thorough training in holemaking? (8)

11. Reap dividends from concern about lottery result? (4,8)

13. Elation felt when in a rising elevator (6)

14. Unethical when spoken in the morning (6)

17. Rather poor finish causing much sorrow (5-7)

20. Narratives found in the books (8)

21. Money-making herb (4)

22. Rib Beryl about fruit (8)

23. 500 years old? That’s very old! (4)

DOWN 1.

Doctor finds feudal system terrible (8)

2. Happy dog? No, a bird (7)

4. Dog made a meal of parson (6)

5. Temptation for everybody to find false men true (10)

6. A girl gone wrong (5)

7. Clothes from heads of the old German states (4)

10. M represents melody? Bad luck (10)

12. Shattered lamp in bed (8)

15. Abuse of part of fence (7) 7

Quick ACROSS

1. Miserable (4)

3. Perform a role (3,1,4)

8. Rim (4)

9. Boring (8)

11. Claim dividends (4,8)

13. Elevation (6)

14. Without principles (6)

17. Causing mental pain (5-7)

20. Reports (8)

21. Aromatic plant (4)

22. Shrub with edible fruits (8)

23. Old (4)

DOWN

1. Awful (8)

2. Songbird (7)

4. Clergyman (6)

5. Enticement (10)

6. Wrong (5)

7. Clothes, informally (4)

10. Bad luck (10)

16. Author sounds more 12. Having a plant correct (6) disease (8)

18. Slippery customer, about 90, 15. Fence (7) will do better than most (5)

16. Author (6)

19. Young animal devoted to essayist (4) 18. Surpass (5)

19. Young sheep (4)