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 & 6 Down. Calm seas are difficult to fathom, we’re told (5,6,3,4)
9. Sign of engagement removed
– cease communication! (4,3) 10. An address given by the
preacher (5)
11. One employed in the
wardroom (5)
12. Defects in the hose used by
firemen (7)
13. Plant container has different
fertiliser (6)
15. Composer includes short musical piece in prominent feature (6)
18. One can’t recall being
affected by this (7)
20. Claud could be of high
birth (5)
22. Rubbish food (5)
23. Guard cave! (4,3)
24. Black-coated workers (11)
Down
2. He may take a leading part in
Britten oratorio (5)
3. She’s a wildcat! (7)
4. Talk nonsensically about food
that takes a battering (6) 5. Kept a watch on (5)
6. See 1 Across.
7. Puts in a different bed (11) 8. Player is not miscast as this
distinctive character (11)
14. One isn’t affected by the
strain (7)
16. Fish taken in near the
harbour (7) 17. A colleague to hire out
somewhere to sleep (6) 19. In the cupboards I eventually found a kitchen utensil (5)
21. Singers providing a certain amount of paper, we hear (5)
Quick Across
1 & 6Dn. A quiet exterior conceals strong emotions (5,6,3,4)
9. Put the phone down (4,3) 10. Minister’s house (5)
11. Tend (5)
12. Sets of steps (7)
13. Potassium carbonate (6) 15. Composer (6)
18. Memory loss (7)
20. Of a duchy (5)
22. Type of offal (5)
23. Beware (4,3)
24. Funeral directors (11)
Down
2. Singer (5)
3. Female big cat (7) 4. Speak wordily (6) 5. Used a stopwatch (5) 6. See 1 Across. 7. Transfers from one to
another (11) 8. Character (11)
14. Strain (7)
16. Fish (7)
17. Goods platform (6) 19. Riddle (5)
21. Group of singers (5)