TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 So men turn to guru sticking to official policy (2-7) 6 Work steadily when article

is removed from drama (3) 8 Person giving fellow an

alternative (5) 9 Climber’s soft shoe (7) 10 Equipment gets one into

fancy pasta (8) 11 Prima donna’s song girl

won’t start (4) 13 Yell when I get hugged by

movie ogre (6) 14 Attractive sounding

carriage (6) 17 Changed name? So be it!

(4) 19 Gymnastic equipment for first of weaklings on every pub counter? (4,4) 22 Set of clothes’ price

beginning to upset me (7) 23 Old grim smell (5) 24 Why the words finished

OK (3) 25 Stopped when satisfied

swallowing poor gnat (9)

DOWN

1 Command group of

religious people (5) 2 Taken on by German, a

German administrator (7) 3 Drink agents knocked back

outside hotel (8) 4 Composer about to bury

secret (6) 5 Sword with three points

keeping quiet (4) 6 Pair securing primate a set

of exam questions (5) 7 Adjust my radar beam (7) 12 Drop in autumn onto

feathers (4,4) 13 When holding rook, wild

Cathy’s overly formal (7) 15 Esparto round coastal

town (7) 16 Arrived with artist to get photographer’s equipment (6) 18 Relaxes in azaleas,

escaping (5) 20 Cut up rough, at first, in

outhouse (5) 21 Bother from loud American

sailors initially (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Toeing the party line (2-7) 6 Wool’s thickness (3) 8 Benefactor (5) 9 Climbing plant (7) 10 Pasta tubes (8) 11 Opera melody (4) 13 Cry (6) 14 Horse-drawn cab (6) 17 Prayer ending (4) 19 Items of gym

equipment (4,4) 22 Apparel (7) 23 Distinctive smell (5) 24 Affirmative (3) 25 Stood idle (9)

DOWN

1 Arrange (5) 2 Person in charge (7) 3 White wine and soda

water (8) 4 Mysterious (6) 5 Duelling sword (4) 6 Writing material (5) 7 Nautical spar (7) 12 Collapse (4,4) 13 Strait-laced (7) 15 Coastal town (7) 16 Film device (6) 18 Alleviates (5) 20 Cut to pieces (5) 21 Ado (4)