Possible Clues:

• One's got to double figures and got 9 accross for this
• Hurry with reassuring report on newborn baby's toes?
• How one's reached double figures in a hurry
• Having a couple over the eight in a hurry
• One's got to hurry if one's got to double figures
• Bird crosses a street, making dash
• Hurry to get the end of 23 down into the fowl
• Lose no time if one is the possessor of 27 across
• Do not delay when one has reached double figures
• Hurry to have reached double figures