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TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD CRYPTIC CLUES

This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid

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ACROSS

1. E.g.,for example! (12)

7. Nothing hard about a pile (5)

8. A cleansing operation partly under water (5)

9. Be sorry for a piece of cruelty (3)

10. His attitude is deliberate­ly offensive (9)

11. Well, you haven’t lost yours! (6)

12. Medicine that may end an extreme tic! (6)

15. Doubtless, one wouldn’t be (9)

17. This craft is often taken up (3)

18. Orange layer on article returned (5)

19. Hides requests in writing (5)

21. A moneylende­r may but it won’t appear in his books! (4,8)

DOWN

1. It occurs to one later that this is the time to act (12)

2. Time for some of the race (3)

3. Blue dye I’d go in for (6)

4. Commercial people who could be smartened (9)

5. A jewellery shop also holds them (5)

6. A current fault is there’s little work for the judge (5,7)

7. He has a beastly laugh (5)

10. Appearing every second (9)

13. Drops in rents? (5)

14. He’s not an expert, profession­ally speaking (6)

16. Study on leave in Africa (5)

20. Observe the bishop’s concern (3)

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