TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Got rid of haphazardly at a decider (10) 8 Puts up with animals (5) 9 Hiker runs in front of slow walker (7) 10 Rush around with sheep and attendant (7) 11 County from France and Germany (5) 12 Sweet stuff cures a nag, incredibly (4,5) 15 Excavated — take care, you hear! (5) 17 Charm during seventh rally (7) 19 Right in the air, following oddly rich bird sound (7) 20 Look happy with crushed limes (5) 21 Draw wave after match’s decider (3-7)

DOWN

2 Again take up weapons behind male (5) 3 Dad is in trouble — show contempt (7) 4 We respect a rep changing to become cleaner (6-7) 5 Shy boy needs identification (5) 6 Give Ed back organ (7) 7 Relation is dignified, mostly (4) 8 Set light to British vessel (4) 12 Bacon Victor gives some to prisoner (7) 13 Proceed to watch, it’s said, what sailors do (2,2,3) 14 First practise leaping in effortless ballet movement (4) 15 Married one on the staff (4) 16 Lament Reg and I’d composed (5) 18 Put up beams, we hear (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Annihilated (10) 8 Endures (5) 9 Climbing rose (7) 10 Run amok (7) 11 Exeter’s county (5) 12 Sweetener from the tropics (4,5) 15 Dug (for coal) (5) 17 Captivate (7) 19 Bird noise (7) 20 Beam (5) 21 Set decider at tennis (3-7)

DOWN

2 Update weapons (5) 3 Contempt (7) 4 Domestic appliance (6-7) 5 Bashful (5) 6 Hand over (7) 7 Older relative (4) 8 Ignite (4) 12 Felon (7) 13 Set sail (2,2,3) 14 Ballet step (4) 15 Aromatic spice (4) 16 Dreary song (5) 18 Assemble (5)