TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Taking large drink, singer

finding instrument (6,4) 8 Tiara ruined by yogurt

dish (5) 9 Desperate football club to

train again inside (7) 10 Studio for late developer;

that is right (7) 11 Push right into seedy nightclub (5) 12 Fish in France and net a

carrier (6,3) 15 Animal sounding croaky,

they say (5) 17 What may reflect Tom’s

viewpoint (4-3) 19 Herb eating out with

knight (7) 20 Faith tied up, we’re told (5) 21 Bird’s beak on the

flower (10)

DOWN

2 Nothing on grape plant is

for sheep (5) 3 Bizarre sort of vessel for

hot coals (7) 4 Mend fences, fever over

church bubbliness (13) 5 A minor prize (5) 6 Surroundings solidifying (7) 7 Hurt some teachers (4) 8 Rare sort back (4) 12 Inveterate record dropped

foreign article (7) 13 West Country city nevertheless upset washing vessel (7) 14 Reportedly, coin

dispatched (4) 15 Embrace European

giant (4) 16 Girl I care about (5) 18 Some people qualified on

level terms (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Large stringed

instrument (6,4) 8 Indian yogurt

condiment (5) 9 Desperate (7) 10 Artist’s studio (7) 11 Golf stroke (5) 12 Fabric holdall (6,3) 15 Adult foal (5) 17 Light reflector (4-3) 19 Blue-flowered herb (7) 20 Believe in (5) 21 Herbaceous plant with

lobed leaves (10)

DOWN

2 Of sheep (5) 3 Portable heater (7) 4 Vivacious quality (13) 5 Bestow (5) 6 Backdrop (7) 7 Be painful (4) 8 At the back (4) 12 Constantly recurring (7) 13 Washing vessel (7) 14 Consigned (4) 15 Colossal (4) 16 Heather genus (5) 18 Balanced (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Solvers; 8 Cornish; 9 Realtor; 10 Cable; 11 Crab apple; 14 Arenas; 15 Kitty; 16 Athens; 20 Emphasise; 23 Anise; 24 Selfish; 25 Exhaust; 26 Oatmeal.

Down: 1 Spruce; 2 Llamas; 3 Extra; 4 Scrap; 5 Tracery; 6 Ribbon; 7 Wheels; 12 Prism; 13 Latch; 15 Knees-up; 16 Adages; 17 Height; 18 Liaise; 19 Lethal; 21 Pesto; 22 Allot.