2-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

7. The standard put in front of an invader (6)

8. Father interrupts the others in a good meal (6)

10. Carter dead in the conflict (7) 11. The sum is a little rum to nearly everybody (5)

12. Deer took cover round the north (4)

13. & 17Ac. Instrument could make one a profit (10)

17. See 13 Across

18. See 6 Down

22. See 1 Down

23. It's a struggle for a hundred on trial (7)

24. See 21 Down

25. She's out of breath! (6)

Down

1. & 22Ac. Be informed, like the sailor or the boxer (4,3,5)

2. Nothing rising strangely from these sources (7)

3. & 19Dn. It bristles with artistic associations (5-5)

4. See 16 Down

5. See 20 Down

6. & 18Ac. Deadlock on the board (9)

9. It's a crime to break the ceasefire (9)

14. Have police band on the ship (7)

15. The colour to get a man upset (7)

16. & 4Dn. Does this provide middling warmth? (7,7)

19. See 3 Down

20. & 5Dn. Accessories for roles not yet cast? (5,5)

21. & 24Ac. Certainly don't exaggerate description of one nervously tense (5,6)

QUICK CLUES: Across

7. Share (6) 8. Contention (6) 10. Enterprise (7) 11. Knave (5) 12. Profound (4) 13. Nip (5) 17. Lukewarm (5) 18. Dumb (4) 22. Begin (5) 23. Miser (7) 24. Go (6) 25. Hold back (6)

Down

1. Supply (7) 2. Dwarfed (7) 3. Sham (5) 4. Allure (7) 5. Tint (5) 6. Drive off (5) 9. Lacking (9) 14. Discourse (7) 15. Deserter (7) 16. Title (7) 19. Privately (5) 20. Glad (5) 21. Concur (5)