The Sun Two Speed Crossword January 01, 2023
Across
| Constant contribution to employ a layman | LOYAL |
| Settle score? | COMPOSE |
| Terribly verbose, see? | OBSERVE |
| Butch old Chinese leader outside church | MACHO |
| Beating path, able characters | ALPHABET |
| Fourth man went down hard | SETH |
| Attorney to call for defiance | DARING |
| Raise forest magically | FOSTER |
| Slow-witted but silent | DUMB |
| Animal, pale, then treated | ELEPHANT |
| Artist in Northern States | ERNST |
| St Paul converted with a blunt instrument | SPATULA |
| Call European Court in local language | DIALECT |
| Relative last to arrive in French city | NIECE |
| Faithful | LOYAL |
| Write music | COMPOSE |
| Witness | OBSERVE |
| Assertively masculine | MACHO |
| ABC | ALPHABET |
| Brother of Cain and Abel | SETH |
| Boldly audacious | DARING |
| Nurture | FOSTER |
| Unable to speak | DUMB |
| Pachyderm | ELEPHANT |
| Surrealist Max | ERNST |
| Mixing implement | SPATULA |
| Idiom or vernacular | DIALECT |
| Sibling’s daughter | NIECE |
Down
| Ape-lord upset African cat | LEOPARD |
| Absolutely essential to eyesight | YES |
| Rare lion might be a cross | LORRAINE |
| Witty Charlie at bar | CLEVER |
| Silent entertainer into salami meat | MIME |
| Players group in other cars crashed | ORCHESTRA |
| Piano stops weird echo for a time | EPOCH |
| Thing for lighting fires? | PYROMANIA |
| Grouse or lion with camp cooking | COMPLAIN |
| Follow after Gunners rush to advance | RATRACE |
| Someone’s skin fool keeps in cupboard | CLOSET |
| Fear about being caught by the old man | DREAD |
| Saint with the old eye problem | STYE |
| Yorkshire banker in ancient city close to Cumae | URE |
| Spotted feline | LEOPARD |
| Affirmative | YES |
| Region in France | LORRAINE |
| Ingenious | CLEVER |
| Play without words | MIME |
| Musical ensemble | ORCHESTRA |
| Historical era | EPOCH |
| Arsonist’s compulsion | PYROMANIA |
| Bellyache | COMPLAIN |
| Daily grind | RATRACE |
| Small room | CLOSET |
| Terror | DREAD |
| Ocular affliction | STYE |
| Yorkshire river | URE |
