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. Despondent – because the liquor stocks have disappeared? (3,2,7)
7. The cleric is one of the big guns, we hear (5)
8. Part of the poem is hypocrisy and nothing more (5)
9. Shoot, pal (3)
10. Men spoilt in reforming this half-wit (9)
11. Cow-catcher? (6)
12. Sound quality of a doctor who appears in time (6)
15. Giving an account of how the sailor ran back first (9)
17. A section of arable acreage (3)
18. In practice, this is played (5)
19. To signify I’m to make regular journeys (5)
21. Fresh declarations giving causes about changing rites (12)
Down
1. Tips on top of the scales (12)
2. This will cool an enthusiast (3)
3. Country shown by an inclusion in a map redrawn (6)
4. Not forgetting about a vocation (9)
5. Canvas erection round the East should be strongly held (5)
6. Approves of what people are faced with! (12)
7. Seen in a well-placed arboretum! (5)
10. They are bound to use craft in making progress (9)
13. Can intended for William (5)
14. It is in splendid surroundings, but subject to limitations (6)
16. Instigate quarrels, we hear (5)
20. One way to congratulate an Irishman (3)
Quick Across
1. Despondent (3,2,7)
7. Church decree (5)
8. Part of a poem (5)
9. Plant shoot (3)
10. Half-wit (9)
11. Lasso (6)
12. Quality of sound (6)
15. Telling (9)
17. Meadow (3)
18. Musical composition (5)
19. Suggest (5)
21. Repeated statements (12) Down
1. Outweighs (12)
2. Enthusiast (3)
3. Central American republic (6)
4. Remembering (9)
5. Belief (5)
6. Sanctions (12)
7. Coniferous tree (5)
10. Sailors (9)
13. Metal can (5)
14. Limited (6)
16. Wake up (5)
20. Tap (3)