TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 First coat of paint is best quality, right? (6) 4 Doorman, perhaps, losing nothing by chance (6)

9 Sporting circle? (3) 10 Study poetry and talks (9)

11 Very warm, the Spanish accommodation (5) 12 Panel IX reorganised to clarify (7)

14 Fool sent mess out for tax valuations (11)

17 Ran past drunken old Greek (7)

18 Some people qualified on level terms (5) 20 A change of oil to put in jet’s mechanical flyer (9) 22 Star’s noisy offspring (3)

23 No duel about mass (6) 24 Fairly alluring (6)

Down

1 Garment upon chosen section (6)

2 Isolated piece of land is leased out (5) 3 Features of the complex cell entrance doors are very good (9)

5 Beer bargain event non-starter (3)

6 Said TNT exploded far away (7) 7 Stoneworker’s two family members? (5) 8 Ten in classy pose without a break (11) 13 Stern peer upset MC (9) 15 Initiated and jumped (7) 16 Around ten take on work, lots of it (6) 17 Country, at start of season, hurt (5) 19 Capsized, so distraught (5)

21 Friend sets circuit up (3)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Substance for preparing wood before painting (6) 4 Arbitrary (6)

9 No goals (3)

10 Chats (9)

11 Boarding house (5)

12 Elucidate (7)

14 Estimates, valuations (11) 17 Frugal, rigorous (7)

18 Evenly balanced (5)

20 Plane’s computer-controller (9) 22 Centre of our solar system (3) 23 Small rounded lump (6) 24 Attractive (6)

Down

1 Blanket-like cloak (6)

2 Small dot of land (5) 3 First-rate (9)

5 Adam’s ___, water (3) 6 Aloof (7)

7 Fortnum & ___, upmarket London shop (5) 8 Continually (11)

13 Announcer (9)

15 Began (7)

16 Abundance (6)

17 Barcelona’s country (5) 19 Anxious, tearful (5)

21 Chum (3)