TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Cereal crop with frozen water creates plaster moulding (7) 5 Conceals identification

when he’s outside (5) 8 Is allowed to live, perhaps

(5) 9 Fruit, a necessity back in

South Africa (7) 10 Girl’s with posh friend once

a year (8) 11 Call for attention by an

edge (4) 13 Begrudged two points

contended (6) 15 It’ll increase reactions in a

frenzy, merely (6) 18 Pretty prompt – about

time! (4) 19 Most leafy trees gent

nearly chopped (8) 22 A bit of lunch ain’t free (7) 23 Raise a glass to a good

man (5) 24 Harmonised and in good

shape (5) 25 Rushed off negotiating

fifty obstacles (7)

DOWN

1 Russian fellow writes “broken arm” in secret language (7) 2 Unopened pencil material

(5) 3 One treated badly made a

second speech (8) 4 When I enter city without

a problem (6) 5 Abhor bowler taking Essex

opener (4) 6 Some lad ought, you’d think, to be strong and brave (7) 7 Lots of bees, small and

sunkissed? (5) 12 One’s creations could be of

patent interest (8) 14 Two vessels outside one

Italian state (7) 16 Tea sets around landed

properties (7) 17 Rent out church with ditch

(6) 18 Determine how many

matter (5) 20 Message a mile off (5) 21 Dan’s playing on beach (4)

ACROSS

1 Decorative moulding (7) 5 Conceals (5) 8 Perhaps (5) 9 Small orange (7) 10 Yearly (8) 11 Cough sound (4) 13 Begrudged (6) 15 Biochemical catalyst (6) 18 Adorable (4) 19 Least ripe (8) 22 Let loose (7) 23 Breakfast food (5) 24 Firm and muscular (5) 25 Athletics event (7)

DOWN

1 Fellow soldier (7) 2 Artificial silk (5) 3 Did again (8) 4 Readily (6) 5 Abhor (4) 6 Brave, persistent (7) 7 Abound, teem (5) 12 Creator (8) 14 City within Rome (7) 16 Housing areas (7) 17 Deep ditch (6) 18 Add up (5) 20 Computer message (5) 21 Beach dust (4)