Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Tour and review of domed

building (7) 8 Disease or ache perhaps?

Left to be injected (7) 9 Hesitation follows cold

meat, then scramble (7) 10 Scottish child I found in farm

building (5) 11 Seen tense, perhaps, in this

state? (9) 14 Meal on a boat (6) 15 Object virtually sedate (5) 16 Outspoken aristocrat is

unproducti­ve (6) 20 Ray’s movement alarms bee

(5,4) 23 Boat in ocean wrecked (5) 24 The heart of the matter (7) 25 Raised flat area where petal

turning gold (7) 26 Son very mistakenly interrupte­d American inspection­s (7)

DOWN

1 Quote again and speak from

memory (6) 2 Coaches head off

injuries (6) 3 Learner involved in resetting bone for aristocrat (5) 4 Cards include right

measuremen­ts (5) 5 Ancestor heard to

abstain (7) 6 Area where one rig

constructe­d (6) 7 A punch misguided gets

the belly (6) 12 Odd sniper near Italian

city (5) 13 Dodge with eastern duel,

maybe (5) 15 Removed what was

allowed in the act (7) 16 Vitamin with mushrooms

makes muscle (6) 17 Children talking about

charter cost (6) 18 Back down on the generator, some going west (6) 19 Before noon, gets through

and entertains (6) 21 Star is taken aback by nasal

cavity (5) 22 Fast bike coming from

terrace, revving (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Circular building (7) 8 Highly infectious

disease (7) 9 Ascend on all fours (7) 10 Scottish child (5) 11 Memphis’ state (9) 14 Powerboat (6) 15 Disagree, dissent (5) 16 Arid (6) 20 Type of light ray (5,4) 23 Kayak (5) 24 Central part (7) 25 High flat area (7) 26 Appraises (7)

DOWN

1 Declaim (6) 2 Instructs (6) 3 Aristocrat (5) 4 Farmland units (5) 5 Abstain (7) 6 Area (6) 7 Fat stomach (6) 12 Walled Tuscan city (5) 13 Avoid (5) 15 Crossed out (7) 16 Arm muscles (6) 17 Act of hiring (6) 18 Fail to honour (6) 19 Causes laughter (6) 21 Nasal cavity (5) 22 Bicycle built for speed (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Bolster; 5 Divot; 8 Fun(d)gi; 9 Tillage; 10 Crossbow; 11 Sued; 13 Lead-in; 15 Mantra; 18 Ruse; 19 Road Test; 22 Sundaes; 23 Bills; 24 Solve; 25 Theatre.

Down: 1 Bifocal; 2 Lento; 3 Triassic; 4 Ration; 5 Dole; 6 Viaduct; 7 Tweed; 12 Laud (Lord)able; 14 Arsenal; 16 Artiste; 17 Corset; 18 Roses; 20 Eclat; 21 Cake.

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