The Sun - Two Speed - January 22 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Sun - Two Speed Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Jan 22 2018 

Clues	Answers
Agave fibre	SISAL
Aiming	ASPIRING
Aiming for painkiller with force	ASPIRING
Armoured vehicle	TANK
Backslide	REGRESS
Banished	EXILED
Barely	ONLY
Beginning	ONSET
Beginning on television	ONSET
Bishop's crook	CROSIER
Bishop's staff about to get more optimistic	CROSIER
Bouncy	SPRINGY
Bouncy and seasonal?	SPRINGY
Brighter	CLEARER
Broadcast debonair piece	ONAIR
Broadcasting live	ONAIR
Carpet nails	TACKS
Causes	REASONS
Country east of Sudan	ETHIOPIA
Crockery item	PLATE
Cry of joy	WHOOPEE
Dawdle	TARRY
Distance racehorse	STAYER
Early stringed instrument	VIOL
Egg-shaped	OVATE
Excess	PLETHORA
Excess making other pal upset	PLETHORA
Excuses about a male child, succeeding initially	REASONS
Fasten	SECURE
Former partner lied about being banished	EXILED
Ground that is right to be less refined	EARTHIER
Hi-fi speakers	WOOFERS
It's used for rope – or sails, possibly	SISAL
Just regular characters from town play	ONLY
Le Carré novel, more readable	CLEARER
Less refined	EARTHIER
Levy suggested for small nails	TACKS
Linger with sailor by the railway	TARRY
Loan shark	USURER
Look up, after six, the old instrument	VIOL
Lyric poems	ODES
Military transport smelt, though not at first	TANK
Nil tax on egghead becomes egg-shaped!	OVATE
Printed illustration of flat trophy	PLATE
Right way out is to go back	REGRESS
Risky rescue, making safe	SECURE
Speakers go to the dogs?	WOOFERS
Strong horse as yet unreliable, right?	STAYER
US state afraid a hostage is inside	IDAHO
US state, capital Boise	IDAHO
Variety of rock genius mixed with oxygen	IGNEOUS
Verses partly immodest	ODES
Volcanic (rock)	IGNEOUS
We hope nothing spoiled this expression of delight	WHOOPEE
Work in Haiti difficult, after English country	ETHIOPIA
You, we hear, more reliable moneylender	USURER