2-SPEED CROSSWORD Last week’s solutions
CRYPTIC CLUES: Across
6. Tell about a second reckoning (7) 7. Pinafore used back in Roman
or pagan days (5)
9. One cent to add to the total returned makes a sweet sound! (5)
10. Is it stopped to play the first
note of the scale? (7)
12. How to raise stock but see
profits diminish? (11)
14. A purposeful glance at the
dictionary? (7,4) 18. Muttered that mother lost blood (7)
19. Don't get rid of the staff! (5) 21 & 22Ac. Toss for ends? (5,2,5) 22. See 21 Across
Down
1. & 3Dn. He makes his first appearance, putting aunt badly in debt (8)
2. Refinement in language? (6) 3. See 1 Down
4. Firing into the air by way of
conclusion (6) 5. Leave and throw away that
young bird (7)
8. Lies and disclaimers (7)
11. Tool for bridge building? (7) 13. Commissioned position
indeed! (7)
15. The missing corpse is that of an
insignificant person (6)
16. Was prostrate longer through
expenditure? (6)
17. Series of notes on a fish? (3) 20. Cook small fish (6)
Quick crossword answers also fit the large grid. QUICK CLUES: Across
6. Income (7) 7. Rate (5) 9. Coach (5) 10. Lull (7) 12. Show (11) 14. Bar (11) 18. Free (7) 19. Scatter (5) 21. Pungent (5) 22. Merit (7)
Down
1. Joyous (5) 2. Quote (6)
3. Place (3)
4. Seem (6)
5. Under (7)
8. Beat (7)
11. Arch (7)
13. Non-existence (7) 15. Essay (6)
16. Start (6)
17. Quit (5)
20. Chop (3) 2-SPEED CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 1 Square meal; 7 Thumb; 8 Founder; 10 Contours; 11 Keep; 13 Seated; 15 Parsee; 17 Iota; 18 Tributes; 21 Lasting; 22 Elfin; 23 Undertakes. Down: 1 Spurn; 2 Unbroken; 3 Reform; 4 Maul; 5 Address; 6 Stock-still; 9 Repressing; 12 Daybreak; 14 Artisan; 16 Fright; 19 Tiffs; 20 Time.
Quick: Across: 1 Supervisor; 7 Erase; 8 Proceed; 10 Condense; 11 Fate; 13 Pierce; 15 Pillar; 17 Iran; 18 Christen; 21 Edition; 22 Tress; 23 Undeterred. Down: 1 Stain; 2 Presence; 3 Repast; 4 Icon; 5 Overall; 6 Perceptive; 9 Dreariness; 12 Minister; 14 Evasion; 16 Change; 19 Tread; 20 Size. WORD SPIRAL: 1 Clog; 2 Gash; 3 Heir; 4 Rank; 5 Kite; 6 Enid; 7 Dump; 8 Path; 9 Heal; 10 Lobe; 11 Eric; 12 Comb; 13 Bias; 14 Stew; 15 Whip; 16 Pint.
Keyword: PANTHER.
WORD WHEEL: BACKWATER. CODEWORD: 1=V, 2=X, 3=L, 4=M, 5=Q, 6=C, 7=G, 8=W, 9=Y, 10=F, 11=E, 12=P, 13=J, 14=B, 15=Z, 16=T, 17=D, 18=A, 19=R, 20=O, 21=H, 22=I, 23=K, 24=S, 25=U, 26=N.
SHOWBIZ QUIZ: 1 Do You Remember; 2 P!nk; 3 Hayley Mills; 4 Freddie Mercury; 5 Jerk; 6 Martin Clunes; 7 Homecoming; 8 The Buggles; 9 Russian Doll; 10 Julia Michaels. SUDOKU: