Crossword One. Speed is Key

How fast can you complete this? Scroll over squares and the clues will appear or look below. Good luck. This is not a waste of time because it’s cycling related. Puzzle by Myles Mellor. Image by James Startt. Across 1 Cycling discipline strong in Belgium, France and…

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How fast can you complete this? Scroll over squares and the clues will appear or look below. Good luck. This is not a waste of time because it’s cycling related. Puzzle by Myles Mellor. Image by James Startt.

Across
1 Cycling discipline strong in Belgium,
France and Netherlands
6 Top grades
8 Italian river
10 Well-known wine region on the Gironde
11 Tastes in art and social mores
12 Enzyme suffix
14 Road surface material
15 Sudden surge from a rider
16 A rocky peak
18 Col du Galibier or Col du Tourmalet, for
example
20 Van Gogh output
22 One section of a Tour
24 Race team backer
26 Very steep climb in Belgium, part of the
Tour of Flanders
31 Cannondale is a big brand of this
32 Languedoc town with a substantial wine
community

Down
1 Tire repair substance
2 Atlantic fish
3 Language of southern France and Catalonia
4 Work of art
5 Bottoms of the feet
7 They line the Tour routes
9 Tire type
11 Languedoc town the 2016 Tour De France
passed through
13 Cousin to bouquet
17 Buddhist sound
19 New prefix
21 Stars and Stripes land
23 Interbike is one
25 ___easter storm
27 Wood used for wine barrels
28 December 24, e.g.
29 Student score
30 Radio type

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