TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Tar must break down to

form rock layer (7) 8 Seaweed party, not a

place to holiday (7) Embassy calling (7) 10 Passes hired workers (5) 11 Extra payment for tea

outside is swell (9) 14 Quickly acquire from disreputable fellow at home (4,2) 15 Pried in casinos, edgily (5) 16 Quietly mention favour (6) 20 Break rule, dine out, taking

in last of cabaret (9) 23 Large animal about to rub

it in (5) 24 Not beginning with child

on the throne (7) 25 Arid head experienced

thirst (7) 26 Lubricating instructions

become a bore (3,4)

DOWN

1 Greek island with a pastry

(6) 2 Once more arrange to see

Blackpool, for instance (6) 3 Model with lofty part of

leg (5) 4 House of Roman design

(5) 5 Encourage leading boffin

(7) 6 Edge of circle surrounded

by iron (6) 7 Fewer things to do for

tutorial (6) 12 Bother with sailors on deck

(5) 13 Diver in meagre bedsit (5) 15 Not one or the other in

there, perhaps (7) 16 Temple where a heavenly being embraced by father (6) 17 Exchange money while

keeping penny for Zeppelin, perhaps (6) 18 Person, note, is merciful (6) 19 Cerebral chaps talk

endlessly (6) 21 Roots circling trunk (5) 22 Royal stag finally caught

by Lear, surprisingly (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Rock bed (7) 8 Portuguese holiday region

(7) 9 Assignment (7) 10 Parts of a clock (5) 11 Additional fee (9) 14 Amass rapidly (4,2) 15 Nuzzled (5) 16 Desire more (6) 20 Hiatus (9) 23 Act smugly (5) 24 Ruling (monarch) (7) 25 Aridity (7) 26 Natural fuel source (3,4)

DOWN

1 Indian snack (6) 2 Holiday centre (6) 3 Upper leg (5) 4 Country estate (5) 5 Boffin (7) 6 Forehead hair (6) 7 Instruction period (6) 12 Bedeck (5) 13 Crested diving bird (5) 15 Also not (7) 16 Buddhist temple (6) 17 Word derived from the

name of a person (6) 18 Benign, kind (6) 19 In the mind (6) 21 Body (5) 22 Fit for a king (5)