TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Once more sat or lay

down (7) 5 Bake new black meat on a

skewer (5) 8 Submerge towards the

bottom round river (5) 9 Ron in no trouble as it was

drip-dry (3-4) 10 Person raking it in at the

casino? (8) 11 Sad sound of a home

bird (4) 13 Poisoned by having a

month in charge (6) 15 Less than fifty inside

shout (6) 18 One put in to manage

dilapidated building (4) 19 Glowing desire turns

sour (8) 22 Burst of emotion having raised bottom of trousers? (5-2) 23 Sitar damaged on the

move (5) 24 Country, say, unknown

point (5) 25 Extreme cold getting

into tyre (7)

DOWN

1 Rescued broken

contracts (7) 2 Picture hoop spinning

round square (5) 3 Pony’s brought back with little sister in the summary (8) 4 One takes steps to

provide entertainment (6) 5 Partially darken town in

English county (4) 6 A force kept in vessel by

flyer (4,3) 7 Outlaw aluminium; it’s

dull! (5) 12 Part of a hospital in

Cornwall’s direction (8) 14 Disturbed vicar in outskirts of Paisley demands seclusion (7) 16 Layabout at start of work

alters, surprisingly (7) 17 Sweater for flea? (6) 18 Plunder weapon (5) 20 Another topic about the

eye (5) 21 Accomplishment sounds

like some distance (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Lay resting (7) 5 Doner or shish? (5) 8 Inundate (5) 9 (Of a garment) crease

resistant (3-4) 10 Casino employee (8) 11 Doleful bark (4) 13 Infected (6) 15 Shout (6) 18 Destroy (4) 19 Giving a glow (8) 22 Sudden anger (5-2) 23 On the move (5) 24 Alexandria’s country (5) 25 Drastic, thorough (7)

DOWN

1 Decreases (7) 2 Snapshot (5) 3 Summary (8) 4 Ballerina, eg (6) 5 Canterbury’s county (4) 6 Nocturnal bird with large

eyes (4,3) 7 Unoriginal (5) 12 Away from the east (8) 14 Confidentiality (7) 16 Idler (7) 17 Pullover (6) 18 Firearm (5) 20 Of the eye (5) 21 Amazing act (4)