TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Mundane variety without a

title (7) 5 Theme of some Tintoretto

pictures (5) 8 Wandered and drove

about (5) 9 Saying wanderer is

encased in lead (7) 10 Crooks at home in

Mediterranean houses (8) 11 A picking up point? (4) 13 Machine starting to

remove froth (6) 15 Domestic problem, boring

nonsense! (3,3) 18 Cadge pound in purse (4) 19 One in French left, terrible,

as illegal (8) 22 Hesitate about set of

steps free from germs (7) 23 Hackneyed ceremony following closure of parliament (5) 24 Publicly declared confinement of Bonnie’s partner (5) 25 Turns toaster round (7)

DOWN

1 Straighten out a foreign

composer (7) 2 New book (5) 3 Assembly meets, holds back aid and acts as a peacemaker (8) 4 Tricking Doug, we hear,

holding pin (6) 5 Dig up treasure, with

spade, for example (4) 6 Head of government

destroys empire, right? (7) 7 Carbon efficient as strong

link (5) 12 Flyer’s target destroyed by

Italian (5,3) 14 Attempt to cover old story

that’s sad (7) 16 Bank staff who give away

secrets? (7) 17 Aim by listener to win

affection (6) 18 Fundamental having

bachelors in charge (5) 20 Stone from North Wales

town (5) 21 Evil which takes a grip (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Anonymous (7) 5 Issue, point (5) 8 Ranged (5) 9 Adage (7) 10 Baddies (8) 11 Fork prong (4) 13 Froth (6) 15 Wood decay (3,3) 18 Cadge (4) 19 Forbidden (8) 22 Germ-free (7) 23 Banal (5) 24 Glasgow’s river (5) 25 Revolves (7)

DOWN

1 Separate out (7) 2 Book of fiction (5) 3 Intervenes in a dispute (8) 4 Cheating (6) 5 DIY implement (4) 6 Chief (7) 7 Electrical wire (5) 12 Songbird with a black head

(5,3) 14 Catastrophe (7) 16 Bank cashiers (7) 17 Arouse affection (6) 18 Primary (5) 20 Hard stone (5) 21 Clamp (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Detractor; 6 Mph; 8 Toast; 9 Revenge; 10 Spheroid; 11 Dodo; 13 Mirage; 14 Heaven; 17 Neat; 19 Barbaric; 22 Rallies; 23 Aloha; 24 His; 25 Amendment.

1 Dates; 2 Teacher(m); Down: 3 Alter ego; 4 Turnip; 5 Rave; 6 Mango; 7 Hoedown; 12 Keyboard; 13 Monarch; 15 Verbose; 16 Hassle; 18 Atlas(t); 20 Coast; 21 Visa.