TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 A month in Norfolk town
causes consternation (7) 8 A hunter about to dig
something up (7) 9 Cold, then warmed up, as
fleeced (7) 10 Is furious when egghead
appears in old clothes (5) 11 Nun raced wildly east,
showing stamina (9) 14 He could make a good
bowler (6) 15 Slang used in cargo
terminal (5) 16 Old girl’s manual massage
(6) 20 Come to signal! (5,4) 23 Chaotic ops eventually
hold group of trees (5) 24 Nail dance game (7) 25 Romeo to disappear going
round in glossy coat (7) 26 Left in pain by my old
pseudoscience (7)
DOWN
1 Receipt gets cut on film
(6) 2 Notice featuring river
flowing back up fast (6) 3 Player hiding in factory (5) 4 Star lawyer enters
country (5) 5 Move back to give medical aid again (7) 6 Scare fellow – OK (6) 7 One pursuing another drink
(6) 12 Sound of the mouth or of
the ear (5) 13 They sing in church or
around one (5) 15 Maniac runs around east,
washed out (7) 16 Vocal exchange with energy in secluded place (6) 17 Ref’s anger after turn on
politician (6) 18 Wild herb found outside
Virginia (6) 19 Town likely to be redeveloped (6) 21 Have laugh on mountain with Athenian character (5) 22 Crazy bloke in charge (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Causes consternation (7) 8 Excavate (7) 9 Tricked (7) 10 Angry outbursts (5) 11 Lasting quality (9) 14 Milliner (6) 15 Slang, jargon (5) 16 Female former pupil (6) 20 Waking signal (5,4) 23 Group of trees (5) 24 Popular arcade game (7) 25 Lacquer (7) 26 Medieval chemistry (7)
DOWN
1 Bill of goods (6) 2 Fast (6) 3 Dramatic performer (5) 4 Khartoum’s country (5) 5 Fall back (7) 6 Scare (6) 7 Pursuer (6) 12 Of the ear (5) 13 Church singers (5) 15 Pale and sickly (7) 16 Niche (6) 17 Adjudicator (6) 18 Barbaric (6) 19 W Yorks moor town (6) 21 First Greek letter (5) 22 Wild, frenetic (5) PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Transom; 5 Rejig; 8 Poise; 9 Amalgam; 10 Crockery; 11 Saga; 13 Larynx; 15 Diese(l)l; 18 Each; 19 Gatepost; 22 Intrude; 23 Chile (Chilly); 24 Solve; 25 Scraggy.
Down: 1 Typical; 2 Amigo; 3 Sneaking; 4 Meagre; 5 Roan; 6 Jigsaws; 7 Gamma; 12 Silencer; 14 Recital; 16 Lathery; 17 Easels; 18 Evils; 20 Owing; 21 Pure.