TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Wrong if I am able to lift
churchman (10) 8 Bump into the vessel (5) 9 Oil and damp damaged
certificate (7) 10 Railway car, one across the
tracks? (7) 11 Green one installed in part
of church (5) 12 Bad weather from Sweden, maybe dormant round south (9) 15 Roof worker kindled again
on return (5) 17 Frozen little rabbit gets a
sweet treat (4,3) 19 Shoulder bone broke cup,
alas (7) 20 County canteen nonstarter with former partner (5) 21 Giving attention to commercial on salad sauce (10)
DOWN
2 Hospital worker’s new?
Sure, surprisingly (5) 3 Devalue each different
compound (7) 4 Guess too low a figure — it’s enumerated wrongly (13) 5 Like writer’s tree (5) 6 Say to lift maker, “Male
vanity” (7) 7 Small beer has a
market (4) 8 Despicable headquarters
(4) 12 Ruler next to a dried
grape (7) 13 Son seen disrupting
harmony (7) 14 Stone bovine creature
outside New York (4) 15 Mission to Asia secures
kindly leaders (4) 16 Shot eighteen holes (5) 18 Ship’s officer in gazebo,
sunlit (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Imprecise (10) 8 Canal boat (5) 9 Certificate (7) 10 Overnight carriage (7) 11 Innocent (5) 12 Desert hurricane (9) 15 Roofer (5) 17 Glazed bridge roll (4,3) 19 Shoulder blade (7) 20 Epping’s county (5) 21 Talking publicly to (10)
DOWN
2 Hospital sister (5) 3 Belittle (7) 4 Rate too low (13) 5 Trembling poplar (5) 6 Conceitedness (7) 7 Auction (4) 8 Bedrock (4) 12 Dried fruit (7) 13 Harmony (7) 14 Striped agate (4) 15 Assignment (4) 16 Ball-shaped (5) 18 Foreman of a ship’s crew (5)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Nicosia; 8 Termini; 9 Tallies; 10 Tonal; 11 Overstate; 14 Hiccup; 15 Canon; 16 Thread; 20 Reinstall; 23 Uncut; 24 Stipple; 25 Approve; 26 Tottery.
Down: 1 Nation; 2 Called; 3 Snips; 4 At sea; 5 Protein; 6 Pic(k)nic(e); 7 Fillip (Philip); 12 Trade; 13 Thorn; 15 Cartoon; 16 Toucan; 17 Recipe; 18 Sample; 19 Sleepy; 21 Inset; 22 Skint.