TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Dad to pay the bill at beauty salon (4,3) 8 Wailing woman has been put out (7) 9 One drug, if unreliable, can make you suffer (7) 10 Saying a cricket team’s order (5) 11 A cut arm, it can become very distressing (9) 14 South American city boy ran amok (6) 15 Cold food as flipped over by boy (5) 16 Distribute rental for horn (6) 20 Tense, and that’s not good (9) 23 Places knotted tie in ship (5) 24 Expose to topic (7) 25 When outside greeting, wails foreign language (7) 26 Large attic in disarray (7)
DOWN
1 Imperfect first service on top of yard (6) 2 Unfashionable topper? (3,3) 3 Swindle run on the inside? Get lost! (5) 4 A boxing match in the vicinity (5) 5 Medical remedy for bug stinging (7) 6 Caution with money causes the endless split (6) 7 Appeared to notice offspring cuddling me (6) 12 The French limb about to startle (5) 13 Topless buccaneer getting angry (5) 15 Earth-shattering noise — is microphone covered? (7) 16 Donkeys point to judge (6) 17 Red giant swallows one (6) 18 Sea article, for instance (English article) (6) 19 Stationary way to get a nervous habit (6) 21 Assume one put in mail (5) 22 Artists’ club capital (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Pedicure basin (4,3) 8 Irish ghost (7) 9 Endure (7) 10 Adage (5) 11 Very distressing (9) 14 Ran amok (6) 15 Cold dish (5) 16 Deer horn (6) 20 Defective (9) 23 Building locations (5) 24 Theme (7) 25 African language (7) 26 Colossal (7)
DOWN
1 Damaged (6) 2 Clichéd (3,3) 3 Be off! (5) 4 Approximately (5) 5 Heartburn remedy (7) 6 Frugality (6) 7 Appeared (6) 12 Cause panic (5) 13 Angry (5) 15 Of earthquakes (7) 16 Appraise (6) 17 Golden-red (hair) (6) 18 Greek sea (6) 19 Constant, fixed (6) 21 Assume as true (5) 22 Morocco’s capital (5)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Amasses; 5 Bears; 8 Catty; 9 Abridge; 10 Surplice (Surplus); 11 Amen; 13 Sparse; 15 Seance; 18 Ergo; 19 Approach; 22 Villain; 23 Robin; 24 Sacks; 25 Pipette.
Down: 1 Accuses; 2 (F)Aster; 3 Spyglass; 4 Search; 5 Bark; 6 Abdomen; 7 Stern; 12 Pear (Pair)drop; 14 Angelic; 16 Enhance; 17 Open up; 18 (Sh) Elves; 20 Abbot; 21 Mars.