Two Speed Crossword Quick

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

Cryptic Across

1. Get a smart plan

rearranged (9) 8. Beat a tailless

young creature (3) 9. Seeing after a short time the gift of the prophet (6-5) 11. The fellow precedes the girl, we hear – that’s not natural (3-4) 12. She goes to bed

to work (5) 13. A sharp pain produced by a needle (6) 15. Injury will make

mother go grey (6) 17. Requires to change from being dense (5) 18. A trip to disturb the country lover (7) 20. Becoming slower in playing – all ran to end confusion (11) 22. A way for the French to show regret (3) 23. Sauntering and turning round at the end of the street (9)

Down

2. In the event I expect to level the scores (3) 3. Pacific island

conveyance (5) 4. This is used for heating fuel on the plane (3-3) 5. A battle colour (7) 6. A matter of taking it in turns to convert a whole people (11) 7. Tool to put to

some use (9) 10. Small measures – a hundred interest me in an unusual way (11) 11. Give wrong information to girl in class, we hear (9) 14. As men on the board, they should be impregnable (7) 16. Sounds like a member of the nobility to come on stage (6) 19. Add up nearly everything – and that’s the lot (5) 21. Spaniard almost

exhausted (3)

Scribble pad

Across

1. Plan (9) 8. Thrash (3) 9. Clairvoyance (6-5) 11. Artificial (3-4) 12. Hospital worker (5) 13. Sew (6) 15. Harm (6) 17. Requires (5) 18. Nationalist (7) 20. Musical term for

becoming slower (11) 22. Regret (3) 23. Ambling (9) Down 2. Bind (3) 3. Pacific kingdom (5) 4. Fuel burner (3-3) 5. Purplish-red (7) 6. Successive

change (11) 7. Utensil (9) 10. Units of

measurement (11) 11. Tell wrongly (9) 14. Fortresses (7) 16. Seem (6) 19. Whole (5) 21. University lecturer (3)