TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 City gets hold of trousers (6,4) 8 Something to believe in whichever way you look at it (5) 9 Rebellious unruly trio giving love to America (7) 10 Countless detectives about to return full of energy (7) 11 Boring thing, we hear, a soothsayer (5) 12 Break for writer when lion comes out (9) 15 Entire range of silver returned belly up (5) 17 Sweet funny bachelors (3,4) 19 Aim to place postal order in wallet (7) 20 An advance, we hear, unaided (5) 21 Wore tin hat sloppily when about to cop it (2,3,5)

DOWN

2 Nobody times the return of gas (5) 3 Work it over, mother, it’s the best! (7) 4 Supervise present day power supply (6,7) 5 Fragrance from a capital abroad (5) 6 Weapon making hunts go berserk (7) 7 Emperor held by Brits, a Russian (4) 8 Uncluttered attic dry every second (4) 12 Old Japanese fighter creating odd upset in Asia somehow (7) 13 Young sheep and girl dance (7) 14 Fifty to one it’s material (4) 15 Note monkey stare (4) 16 In addition, the tailless canine (5) 18 Sailor took poem home (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Wide trousers (6,4) 8 Doctrine (5) 9 Anarchic (7) 10 Energetic (7) 11 Be a sign of (5) 12 Punctuation mark (9) 15 Ambit (5) 17 Rich cake (3,4) 19 Aim (7) 20 By yourself (5) 21 Experiencing difficulty

(2,3,5)

DOWN

2 Inert gas (5) 3 Best (7) 4 Power supply flow (6,7) 5 Bouquet (5) 6 Firearm (7) 7 Old Russian emperor (4) 8 Arrange neatly (4) 12 Japanese warrior (7) 13 Brazilian dance (7) 14 Boot tie (4) 15 Goggle (4) 16 Incisor, eg (5) 18 Domicile (5)