TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Plant screen used after

dark? (10) 8 Art of creating ship (5) 9 Distinguished mine engineer with net desígn (7) 10 Sauce in boat, raised (7) 11 Keep a fire going at city

briefly (5) 12 Dilapidated and remote

cathedral (5,4) 15 Mid-sentence mark for

butterfly (5) 17 Found on bowler with

broken bat in hand (7) 19 Shortly, rush back to get

extra, extra amount (7) 20 Corn sounds like a puzzle,

visually (5) 21 Freeing a can swallowed by

wild gerbil (10)

DOWN

2 Stirring paint is not

appropriate (5) 3 Tool buried at end of hostilities (7) 4 High point following drink

for horse (13) 5 A jib raised has another

name (5) 6 Eeyore’s awfully ugly

object (7) 7 Last year lodged

complaint (4) 8 Bar festive offering (4) 12 Meal run served to a

number (7) 13 Try to lure by date, heart

only seen (7) 14 Implement connects by

ear (4) 15 Large number request a

barrel (4) 16 Spontaneous remark made by wayward lad to one bishop (2.3) 18 Strange name following an

untruth (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Poisonous plant (10) 8 Artistry (5) 9 Distinguished (7) 10 Red sauce (7) 11 Feed with fuel (5) 12 Parisian cathedral (5,4) 15 Mid-sentence mark (5) 17 Bonnet ribbon (7) 19 Anything left over (7) 20 American corn (5) 21 Emancipating (10)

DOWN

2 Ill-suited (5) 3 Axe (7) 4 Jumping racehorse (13) 5 Also called (5) 6 Unpleasant sight (7) 7 Eyelid ailment (4) 8 Gateau (4) 12 Digit (7) 13 Bid (7) 14 Carpenter’s tool (4) 15 Barrel (4) 16 Impromptu (2.3) 18 Foreign (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Alcoves; 8 Mindset; 9 Stamina; 10 Leach; 11 Earnestly; 14 Ascend; 15 Court; 16 Anchor; 20 Strapline; 23 Class; 24 Nirvana; 25 Pipette; 26 Waspish.

Down: 1 Answer; 2 Chairs; 3 Voice; 4 Smart; 5 Analyst (Liszt); 6 Estate; 7 (F)Etched; 12 Short; 13 Larva; 15 Cossets; 16 Accept; 17 Clamps; 18 Diwali; 19 Seraph; 21 Renew; 22 Pa-ri(m)s.