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. Spheres or balls lose
everything (4)
3. He does his running on the
quiet (8)
9. Organise a gay reel with
zest (7)
10. Copy wrongly (5)
11. How detectives may collaborate to catch counterfeiters? (7,5)
13. Trifling affront (6)
15. Put off one’s
retirement (4,2)
17. Work in harmony, as rowers
should (4,8)
20. Greets in stony fashion? (5)
21. Appreciative watcher gives
tongue! (7)
22. Encouraging applause (8)
23. To a doctor it’s grave (4)
Down
1. Showed that one’s judgement as a producer had become clouded? (8)
2. Possibly be a fool being brought up as a princess (5)
4. It’s a crime when he has a
number after one month (6)
5. There’s a lot to be said for
having it (4,2,3,3)
6. One takes something for
it (7)
7. Lines, we hear, of eggs (4)
8. It will be a blow to take this
test – and fail! (12)
12. Joint description of Eve’s
origin (5,3)
14. Useless, until changed
inside that is (7)
16. He has an enormous bill to
face (6)
18. Animal in hardship popularly
abbreviated (5)
19. Elegant style in which ice
cream is served (4)
Quick
Across
1. Spheres (4)
3. Illegal importer (8)
9. Keenly (7)
10. Furnace (5)
11. Exchange ideas (7,5)
13. Snub (6)
15. Remain awake (4,2)
17. Collaborate (4,8)
20. Greets (5)
21. Bell part (7)
22. Applauding (8)
23. Sarcophagus (4)
Down
1. Cloudy (8)
2. Muslim princess (5)
4. Violent destruction (6)
5. Ability to speak
effortlessly (4,2,3,3)
6. Theft (7)
7. Varieties of fish eggs (4)
8. Alcohol-detection device (12)
12. Piece of pork (5,3)
14. Useless (7)
16. Tropical bird (6)
18. African animal (5)
19. Fashionable (4)