The Sun Two Speed Crossword January 16, 2023
Across
| Unfair criticism: top host blasted | POTSHOT |
| Bloke in pub as ill-starred | BASIL |
| Cool section in Swift EP I dig | TEPID |
| Card game in Paris, the suit in London? | WHISTLE |
| Invade once arch rebuilt | ENCROACH |
| Fourth man group hated at first | SETH |
| Neatens: edit is corrected | TIDIES |
| Moan about feeble National Trust | LAMENT |
| Duo audible in conference? | PEAR |
| Paper giving colourful coverage after match? | CONFETTI |
| Freezing nice beheaded fish, line caught! | ICECOLD |
| Teacher gives timeless talk | RABBI |
| Water bird from Aeneid era | EIDER |
| Waste material one’s thrown in underground cell | DUNGEON |
| Random firing attempt | POTSHOT |
| Culinary herb | BASIL |
| Lukewarm | TEPID |
| Simple wind instrument | WHISTLE |
| Infringe | ENCROACH |
| Brother of Cain and Abel | SETH |
| Puts in order | TIDIES |
| Deplore | LAMENT |
| Orchard fruit | PEAR |
| Strips thrown at weddings | CONFETTI |
| Frozen | ICECOLD |
| Synagogue official | RABBI |
| Sea duck | EIDER |
| Castle prison | DUNGEON |
Down
| Job description from client in surgery | PATIENT |
| Theme to choose ultimately dropped | TOPIC |
| Element one sprayed initially has gone dry | HYDROGEN |
| Watch broken on king’s cuff | THWACK |
| Graduate one left to provide court security | BAIL |
| Drunk in this place told you! | SOTHERE |
| Freeloader among evil EEC hardliners | LEECH |
| Rat killer in RAF manoeuvres after hostilities | WARFARIN |
| Stalemate’s very close | DEADEND |
| Out in it for training and instruction | TUITION |
| Dirty type endlessly cheated | SORDID |
| Strait-laced European is best | PRIME |
| Firm exporting small board | TABLE |
| Marshy wasteland low by river | MOOR |
| Able to wait | PATIENT |
| Subject | TOPIC |
| Lightest gas | HYDROGEN |
| Strike using something flat | THWACK |
| Wicket crosspiece | BAIL |
| Defiant expression | SOTHERE |
| Sponger | LEECH |
| Rodenticide | WARFARIN |
| Cul-de-sac | DEADEND |
| Lessons | TUITION |
| Sleazy or squalid | SORDID |
| Supremely typical | PRIME |
| Furniture item | TABLE |
| Open upland | MOOR |
