TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Celebrity covered in wet earth, hot stuff! (7) 8 Seamen travelling round Spithead all together (2,5) 9 Is place abroad memorable? (7) 10 Some extra item or feature (5) 11 This vicar could be record holder (9) 14 Make fun, at end of feast, of crockery collection (3,3) 15 Horse going round wide tree (5) 16 Type of bag and coat no good to the Spanish (6) 20 Some intoxicant one serves with a particular kind of Chinese food (9) 23 Keep pound concealed for ointment (5) 24 What a striker aims to do with sport (7) 25 We hope nothing spoiled this expression of delight (7) 26 Expert of course (7)

DOWN

1 Religious book from girl, a novice (6) 2 Second two-masted vessel seen in outline (6) 3 Jumping bail, I find a legal explanation (5) 4 Led back to greeting in city (5) 5 Much taken by small glove(7) 6 Circles on traffic awards (6) 7 Swallow morsel outside, then scram (4,2) 12 Flower instrument (5) 13 Surprise opening (5) 15 Proof of purchase put back up in pot – piece retained (7) 16 Abandon pig amid noise (6) 17 Cornish river study of small hawk (6) 18 Sappers are unable to withdraw (6) 19 Itinerant salesman is a cyclist, we hear (6) 21 Nobody on time for musical work (5) 22 Appearing to knock when kept ready (2,3)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Pungent condiment (7) 8 All together (2,5) 9 Distinctive (7) 10 Attribute (5) 11 Public record-keeper (9) 14 Crockery items (3,3) 15 Mountain ash (5) 16 Thick woollen cloth (6) 20 Chinese language (9) 23 Balm (5) 24 Team game (7) 25 Cry of joy (7) 26 Betting pundit (7)

DOWN

1 Catholic prayer book (6) 2 Drawing (6) 3 Courtroom defence (5) 4 Indian city (5) 5 Besotted (7) 6 Academy Awards (6) 7 Scram! (4,2) 12 Pansy genus (5) 13 Begin (5) 15 Proof of payment (7) 16 Renounce (6) 17 Bird of prey (6) 18 Disavow (6) 19 Small-time seller (6) 21 Composition for nine (5) 22 To hand (2,3)