TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Quiet needed for sleep as

disrupted and irregular (9) 6 Come first in rowing (3) 8 Expert holding hearts and

diamonds, suffered (5) 9 An obsession hard to

understand (7) 10 They support the rider (8) 11 Pretty poor content reveals

misprint (4) 13 Person, note, is merciful (6) 14 Generates varieties of

animal (6) 17 Lost many a time when hit

high (4) 19 Plant cup is thrown into

river (8) 22 Badger journalist taken in by fundamental principles (7) 23 Avoid the first woman

carrying a daughter (5) 24 Attempt by Terry taking

odd letters (3) 25 Drink right beside loch with

vigilance (9)

DOWN

1 Sailor on board with

celebs (5) 2 His mate turns in

disbelief (7) 3 Perennial points throughout

(8) 4 Apart from selected piece

king left (6) 5 Exactly like South African

myself (4) 6 Boot left on line in river (5) 7 Number ten having debts

that are harmful (7) 12 Caught with pole in

modern curved street (8) 13 Somewhat lethal, I

buttered fish (7) 15 An enclosed area of Eastern part of church filled with chlorine (7) 16 Begin to deal with

challenge in sport (6) 18 Finicky fellow put on

years (5) 20 Set out after me for gettogethers (5) 21 One on a Scottish

island (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Ill-defined (9) 6 Be the victor (3) 8 Suffered pain (5) 9 Intricate (7) 10 Rider’s footrests (8) 11 Misprint (4) 13 Merciful (6) 14 Propagates (6) 17 Roof space (4) 19 Variety of pepper (8) 22 Basic stratum (7) 23 Dodge (5) 24 Attempt (3) 25 Vigilance (9)

DOWN

1 Asterisks (5) 2 Lack of belief in a god (7) 3 Lasting (8) 4 Apart from (6) 5 Ditto (4) 6 Waterproof boot (5) 7 Harmful (7) 12 Moon phase (8) 13 Large flatfish (7) 15 Surrounded territory (7) 16 Challenge (6) 18 Finicky (5) 20 Assembles (5) 21 Island west of Mull (4)