2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. Heart of tall tree from the mountains (6)

8. Return of manuscript about strange race giving a cry of terror (6)

Nuclear device concerning star (7)

It isn’t just the gardener who grows this (5) The ones in braces (4)

Beauty queen who moves in astronomical circles! (5)

Stake more than one’s pay (5)

Beastly little noise from the engine? (4) Machine to turn out French and English articles (5)

Travels as far as is arranged (7)

Tough song about right-back? (6)

Period when one learns there’s not as much on (6)

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25. Down

1. Just a path for the golfer to tread (7)

2. But he isn’t the only one in the House, surely! (7)

Insects and what they did going up? (5) Well-armed submarine type! (7)

Curves to finish in the middle (5)

Elegant conveyances going the wrong way (5)

For which the poet does not expect a fee? (4,5)

Show an insect under the sheet (7)

A time when one sees daylight at last (7) Getting up a rebellion (7)

Many taken in by money conflict (5)

Saint accepts deposit to keep (5)

You may take it off without hesitation (5)

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