TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

Quick Clues ACROSS

1 Choristers (5-4)

8 Yes (3)

9 Clergymen (11)

11 Put in order (7)

12 Encounters (5)

13 Move hurriedly (6)

15 Irritable (6)

17 Accurate (5)

18 Asian (7)

20 Tranquillity promoters (11)

22 Signal (3)

23 Extended life (9)

DOWN

2 Female pronoun (3)

3 Bird (5)

4 Expelled (6)

5 Theatrical presenter (7)

6 Great work (11)

7 Colonnade (9)

10 Professional gambler (4-7)

11 Track and field events (9)

14 Allow to drop (3,4)

16 Partition (6)

19 Senseless (5)

21 Rodent (3)

Cryptic Clues ACROSS

1 Youngsters seen in the stalls (5-4)

8 Yes, it’s used for observing, we hear (3)

9 Clerics are shrewd men on the board (11)

11 A place for the shooting contest, we hear - suitably adjust the score (7)

12 Comes across hunting parties (5)

13 Sleuth disturbed by frenzied activity (6)

15 Quick description of illtempered puppy (6)

17 No longer part of the statutebook, to be precise (5)

18 She gets involved with nice Asiatic (7)

20 They try to settle when war breaks out (11)

22 Stick used when potting (3)

23 Yet loving to adapt the

attribute of a centenarian (9)

DOWN

2 See 21 Down

3 Nearly dressing the bird (5)

4 Used to be thrown out (6)

5 Prove the fellow is an exhibitionist (7)

6 One who teaches a bit - it’s outstanding work (11)

7 Colonnade - fashion a kind of pier on top (9)

10 Dishonest packman? (4-7)

11 In which lithe acts are involved (9)

14 Drop lease before autumn (3,4)

16 This is viewed as a draught excluder (6)

19 It’s stupid when one gets Anne upset (5)

21 & 2Dn Sailor returns to the girl more willingly (6)