TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Belittler of French farm

vehicle (9) 6 Starter-motor providing higher speed measure (initials)(3) 8 Drink to a saint (5) 9 Retaliation, for example, at

no time given backing (7) 10 Hoped sir could get into

shape (8) 11 Bird to carry out twice (4) 13 Silver surrounded by mud is

an illusion (6) 14 It’s bliss to reside in The

Avenue! (6) 17 Mesh protecting a

spruce (4) 19 Twice exclude Olympic

finalists? That’s cruel (8) 22 Improves right friends (7) 23 A halo removed as Honolulu welcome (5) 24 That man’s into whist (3) 25 Meant somehow to include repair, an improvement (9)

DOWN

1 Goes out with sticky

food (5) 2 Tutor in pain during most

of term (7) 3 Second personality in reworking of ogre tale (5,3) 4 Vegetable pot placed in

rubbish heap (6) 5 Enthuse about dance

party (4) 6 Fruit among nuts (5) 7 Dance, how done is

incredible (7) 12 Bad day – broke a musical

instrument (8) 13 King, perhaps, performing

in parade (7) 15 Observe changed, using

too many words (7) 16 Lashes out to cause

trouble (6) 18 Map book finally

reduced (5) 20 Freewheel by the

shore (5) 21 Permit improvisation in

part (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Critic (9) 6 Measure of speed (initials)(3) 8 Breakfast food (5) 9 Eye for an eye (7) 10 Ball-shaped body (8) 11 Large extinct bird (4) 13 Desert illusion (6) 14 State of bliss (6) 17 Shipshape (4) 19 Brutal (8) 22 Assemblies (7) 23 Hawaiian greeting (5) 24 That bloke’s (3) 25 Alteration (9)

DOWN

1 Palm fruits (5) 2 Class tutor (7) 3 Hidden self (5,3) 4 Round root vegetable (6) 5 Talk excitedly (4) 6 Chutney fruit (5) 7 Country dance (7) 12 Computer peripheral (8) 13 Royal ruler (7) 15 Fond of talking (7) 16 Annoying problem (6) 18 Book of maps (5) 20 Seashore (5) 21 Entry permit (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Appropriate; 9 Lei; 10 Crescen(t)do; 11 Enlarger; 12 OBoe; 14 Neaten; 16 Repeal; 18 Tome; 19 Rhapsody; 22 Vengeance; 23 Can; 24 Dromedaries.

Down: 2 Phial; 3 Recorder; 4 P-refer 5 Itch 6 T-enable 7 Alter-native 8 Role playing 13 Reap-pear 15 Almoner 17 Whined (Wined) 20 On cue 21 Team