TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD Cryptic

This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid. If you can’t solve the Cryptic clues, try the Quick.

ACROSS 7

I wander back from New Zealand (5)

8 Here’s a hint that it’s a

dog (7)

9 A love story from

Cremona (7)

10 Intended to reform the

media (5)

12 Elfin relations well-known

to children (5,5)

15 You can get the cane for

doing this (10)

18 Possibly the heart of the

planet (5)

19 Open to withdraw

insurance? (7)

21 Perhaps bad seed is given

lower value (7)

22 First to prepare to fire (5)

DOWN

1 Not likely! (10)

2 Establishes classes in

school (5)

3 Sing about an omen (4)

4 A lord said to come into

view (6)

5 Column that has to remain in

the jetty (8)

6 But Mel’s about to trip (7) 11 Acquitted, having fired the

gun (10)

13 Mats they turn to stone (8) 14 Attribute to a teacher of the

Mosaic law (7) 16 Injuries could get us

down (6)

17 Evade a vacuum (5)

20 Manage some of the

strategic operations (4)