The Sun - Two Speed - Jan 22 2018

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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
Clues Answers
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