TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Former empress annoyed

artisan (7) 8 Vividly descriptive diagram I

see, so to speak (7) 9 Sink unblocker for each

breathing organ inside (7) 10 Nobleman lacking leadership?

That is weird (5) 11 Garden flowers, small, put in

various pastes (5,4) 14 Master about to find

watercourse (6) 15 Attractive but loses first race —

it’s unimportant (5) 16 Paul and Co. created the

dome (6) 20 Love commercial speech (9) 23 Eyes up damsel going back

inside (5) 24 Mostly guarded about our

bravery (7) 25 Disease or ache perhaps? Left

to be injected (7) 26 Propel a boat — expensive, we hear, for small antlered animal (3,4) 1 One with a key job in the office?

(6) 2 Shrewdness of a copper with

soldiers (6) 3 Being popular, received piece

of gold (5) 4 Go along with Royal Engineers

in time (5) 5 Jets may set out for royal

address (7) 6 Attack price (6) 7 Shout “Champions!”, ultimately

the best (6) 12 Make an appeal quietly to get

the star part (5) 13 Flower more quickly when top’s

removed (5) 15 Cover with bandage (7) 16 Bed-like seat is about right for

the squat (6) 17 Raised edge on base

support (6) 18 Illusion of motorway anger (6) 19 Aim by listener to win

affection (6) 21 Film award means nothing to

Mark (5) 22 Entertain in the morning, then

manipulate (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Old Russian empress (7) 8 Descriptive (7) 9 Sink unblocker (7) 10 Frighteningly odd (5) 11 Garden flowers grown in a

“wigwam” (5,4) 14 Brook (6) 15 Inconsequential (5) 16 Concave ceiling (6) 20 Deep love (9) 23 Leers at (5) 24 Bravery (7) 25 Highly infectious

disease (7) 26 Small antlered animal (3,4)

DOWN

1 Keyboard user (6) 2 Business ability (6) 3 Bar of bullion (5) 4 Accede (5) 5 Regal grandeur (7) 6 Accuse formally (6) 7 Fearful cry (6) 12 Argue a case in court (5) 13 Daisy-like

flower (5) 15 Sticky bandage (7) 16 Cower (6) 17 Bed cushion (6) 18 Desert illusion (6) 19 Cause affection (6) 21 Academy Award (5) 22 Entertain (5)