TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Replace bottle containing

dummy drug (7) 8 Allowed head round to get

artist’s board (7) 9 Go forward to get loan (7) 10 Dull trainee enters the

group (5) 11 Acts I deny working for

mob (9) 14 Jockey arrests a thief (6) 15 Copper can interrupt (3,2) 16 Walked slowly and risked

losing head (6) 20 Recommendation of judge embracing new century (9) 23 Young bird using towel (5) 24 Newspaper obit lad

messed up (7) 25 Large bedroom has lack of

warmth for rodents (7) 26 Remarkably disloyal article

dropped firmly (7)

DOWN

1 Quietly lift up and express

admiration (6) 2 Arrival of commercial

outlet (6) 3 Even nuisances hide

boredom (5) 4 Work time used for

musical drama (5) 5 Vegetable that’s not fresh

for chum (3,4) 6 Abandon bit of thread (6) 7 Male or female written

into legend erroneously (6) 12 Unrefined oil is vulgar (5) 13 Instant food after tea starts

(5) 15 Satisfied with art, nice,

surreal (7) 16 In dispute with barber

when outside (2,4) 17 Pixie king entering by the

church tower (6) 18 A way of approach that

isn’t welcomed! (6) 19 Prime time for making

dried grass, so it’s said (6) 21 Garden parties and some

buffet, especially (5) 22 Bit more belligerent

mutineer (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Dummy pill (7) 8 Artist’s board (7) 9 Make headway (7) 10 Dull (5) 11 Cartel (9) 14 Attacker (6) 15 Take a place ahead of your

proper turn (3,2) 16 Sauntered (6) 20 Allusion (9) 23 Baby bird of prey (5) 24 Small-format newspaper

(7) 25 Hibernating rodents (7) 26 Compactly (7)

DOWN

1 Acclaim (6) 2 Approach (6) 3 Boredom (5) 4 Musical drama (5) 5 Friendly but dated form of

address (3,4) 6 Single thread (6) 7 Fact of being male or female

(6) 12 Coarse (5) 13 Instant (5) 15 Definite (7) 16 In conflict (2,4) 17 Church tower (6) 18 Encroachment (6) 19 Finest period (6) 21 Bazaars (5) 22 Defiant person (5)