TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Undershirt — team’s leader

is after one (7) 8 Compete inside, get wind if

carrying more weight (7) 9 Go over again to demolish

terrace (7) 10 Move slowly and don’t start

to scribble (5) 11 Brewer has bistro link with

soldiers (9) 14 Popular team’s not out (6) 15 Notes shrinking

enticement (5) 16 Range seen among fussier

ranges (6) 20 Uncomfortable allies eat

out (3,2,4) 23 Some had duplicated

total (3,2) 24 Dad doesn’t finish wild

sprint for vegetable (7) 25 Protects against loss at

sunrise, maybe (7) 26 Improve quality of henna

distributed by church (7)

DOWN

1 Small vehicle getting

hit (6) 2 Tell Huguenot if you’re

imprisoned (6) 3 Jumped on broken

petal (5) 4 The setter’s subject (5) 5 Clear another New York

theft (7) 6 I won during artist’s

festival (6) 7 Almost cooked by

grating (6) 12 Perfect single trade

agreement (5) 13 Port? Jack has a wine (5) 15 Such material makes wimp

sober (4-3) 16 Still interference (6) 17 First-born steed struggling

to catch lucky leader (6) 18 One’s fired woman taking

part in scam (6) 19 On the way back some help me to a place of worship (6) 21 Drop in standards when circuits beginning to expire (5) 22 Set fire to light (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Sleeveless vest (7) 8 More laden (7) 9 Go back over (7) 10 Swimming stroke (5) 11 Percolating device (9) 14 Interior part (6) 15 Artificial bird (5) 16 Mountain range (6) 20 Far from relaxed (3,2,4) 23 Do a sum (3,2) 24 Root vegetable (7) 25 Covers against

loss (7) 26 Augment (7)

DOWN

1 Chimed (6) 2 Advise (6) 3 Bounded (5) 4 Subject matter (5) 5 Robbery (7) 6 Autumn Hindu festival (6) 7 Metal screen (6) 12 Absolutely perfect (5) 13 Spanish wine (5) 15 Easy-care (fabric) (4-3) 16 Constant, fixed (6) 17 First-born (6) 18 Artillery piece (6) 19 Holy place (6) 21 Become void (5) 22 Mobile light (5)