TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Cease troupe moving to

emergency exit (6,5) 9 Jolt container (3) 10 Place umpires in car (9) 11 Nectar is cooked in

container (8) 12 Knockback stake in

volcano (4) 14 Nothing to fix in the

beginning (6) 16 Some Bach, or a lied, is

sung (6) 18 Mild in parts of territory (4) 19 Bean raised, one in second

place (6-2) 22 Missile base produces

nourishing plant (9) 23 Hot drink steaming, to

some extent (3) 24 Total small railway surface

creates open rural area (11)

DOWN

2 Temptress about to do

wrong outside (5) 3 Two fools at home with

hitman (8) 4 Catches sight of Eastern

agents (6) 5 Fine redhead with a

vegetable (4) 6 High wind for the pontoon

player? (7) 7 Minimum of oxygen in jet creates disaster, so use this? (7,4) 8 Religious drama’s fixed price all during one month (7,4) 13 Thin iris results in facial

ailment (8) 15 Conclude no fire (7) 17 Unconfirmed report that

spirit belongs to us (6) 20 Collapse of trade is

assessed (5) 21 Second pale bird (4) COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Way out (6,5) 9 Glass vessel (3) 10 Small but powerful car (9) 11 Container (8) 12 Sicily’s volcano (4) 14 Ancestry (6) 16 Of group singing (6) 18 Downy (4) 19 Losing finalist (6-2) 22 Sauce thickener (9) 23 Beverage (3) 24 Open rural area (11)

DOWN

2 Alarm bell (5) 3 Contract killer (8) 4 Briefly sees (6) 5 Tropical vegetable (4) 6 Tornado (7) 7 Pilot’s device for a swift

exit (7,4) 8 Medieval religious

drama (7,4) 13 Nasal ailment (8) 15 Fierce fire (7) 17 Gossip (6) 20 Appraised (5) 21 Graceful bird (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Researcher; 8 Burnt; 9 Long a-go; 10 Derange; 11 Shout; 12 Seascapes; 15 Radar; 17 Asunder(land); 19 Scarlet; 20 Mitre; 21 Maceration. Down: 2 (T)error; 3 Estonia; 4 Roller-coaster; 5 (P)hones; 6 Reasons; 7 Bout; 8 Bode; 12 Side arm; 13 Plummet; 14 Tree; 15 Rest; 16 Relic; 18 Ditto.