Two Speed Crossword
This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid. If you can’t solve the Cryptic clue, try the Quick.
Cryptic Across
1. Get down – from
this perhaps! (4) 3. No danger
signal (3,5) 8. Vessel for
refuse (4) 9. Badly violated a
joint (8) 11. It’s bound to appeal to the less affluent (5,7) 13. Win, possibly
earned (6) 14. One who minds is
easily hurt (6) 17. Far better than other door-todoor salesmen? (7,5) 20. Net value in its
final form (8) 21 Forget I’m about
to reverse (4) 22. Each person in it has some very onerous duties (8) 23. Nothing to the German, though it’s his border (4)
Down
1. A number expelled are downcast (8) 2. Make an effort to study with care (7) 4. They’re known for insurance, in the main (6) 5. Keep arguing – like Mrs. Sprat did! (4,3,3) 6. Time to finish is what poets may need (5) 7. Depend on entirely? Not half! (4) 10. It seems a family man appears in a strange play (10) 12. Wrong director still has to be paid (8) 15. Imagined me in
terror (7) 16. Filter the air (6) 18. About the first in
that place (5) 19. Piece of ice destined to give way (4)
Quick Across
1. Aquatic bird (4) 3. Signal indicating
safety (3,5) 8. Rubbish (4) 9. Fit neatly (8) 11. Inexpensive
copy (5,7) 13. Make beloved (6) 14. Sore (6) 17. Superior (7,5) 20. Ultimate (8) 21. Leave out (4) 22. Each person (8) 23. European river (4)
Down
1. Disheartened (8) 2. Vie (7) 4. London
underwriters (6) 5. Chat (4,3,3) 6. Muse of love
poetry (5) 7. Depend (4) 10. Evidently (10) 12. Person to whom
money is owed (8) 15. Imagined (7) 16. Tension (6) 18. In that place (5) 19. Yield (4)