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

6 Games for strikers (7)

7 Arrived and left on a ship of the desert (5) Unadorned one in a scheme (5)

Change the policemen (7) Tube that isn’t fine enough? (11) Getting insurance and making for a safe place (6,5)

I raced against a man from the Middle East (7) Obese man can be deadly (5) Mother-of-pearl from a northern area (5) Small bunch of flowers that may droop in the centre (7) 9

10 12

14 18 19 21 22

DOWN 1

2 3

Culpability for poor service? (5)

A tonic might produce movement (6)

Jewel Margaret returned (3) 4 5 8 11 13

Pop has written about a Greek poetess (6) Being informed of a trial (7)

What an archer takes when given protracted applause? (7) European upsetting Bengali (7)

Just a method of getting part of a golfcourse (7) 15 16 17 20

Take no notice of a different region (6) Please get out and pass by (6)

Vehicle having to leave freight (5)

A great deal sold at auction (3)

Quick

ACROSS

6 Corresponds (7)

7 Ship of the desert (5) 9 Treeless region (5) 10 One and two pence coins (7) Subterranean (11) Sheltering (6,5) Middle Eastern person (7) Lethal (5) Mother-of-pearl (5) Woman’s buttonhole (7) 12 14 18

19 21 22

DOWN

1 Defect (5)

2 Deed (6)

3 Jewel (3)

4 Greek poetess (6)

5 One of the senses (7) 8 Weapon (7)

11 European (7)

13 Part of a golf course (7) Disregard (6) Pass by (6) Freight (5) Auction item (3) 15 16 17 20

WORD WISE

The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?

1 BANE

A B C

2 STROBIC

A B C

Destruction Bullock craft Condemn to exile

Liable to be struck by lightning Prone to the sulks

Like a spinning-top