Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Factory official cracking the password (4,7) 9 Nothing in vanilla (3) 10 Father grasps bird warning of curious things (9) 11 He’s going around Leeds, surprising­ly incautious (8) 12 Give a name to doctor’s visit (4) 14 Union to commiserat­e with one leaving dope (6) 16 Rambling epic to be expressed in verse (6) 18 Sheep paused at first slope (4) 19 Travelling abroad in both directions in Canada (8) 22 Feeling onset is an error (9) 23 All Blacks’ stomach muscles? (3) 24 Bear the cost of both, I tell furiously (4,3,4)

DOWN

2 Left in hold and divide (5) 3 Colonise Pluto with ape, perhaps (8) 4 Fly set off and set off again (6) 5 Court daughter below forest (4) 6 Perform again in widescreen action (2-5) 7 Vamp for a spell? (11) 8 Kitchen crusher girls scrape wildly (6,5) 13 One taking a turn at the entrance (8) 15 Reminder to hold ornate net as souvenir (7) 17 Vegetable turned a right food item (6) 20 Speak slowly, attract fifty (5) 21 Transport going back up to shop (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Union rep (4,7) 9 No score (3) 10 Curiositie­s (9) 11 Incautious (8) 12 Bridge bid (4) 14 Silly fool (6) 16 Relating to verse (6) 18 Access slope (4) 19 Breed of dog (8) 22 Feeling (9) 23 Stomach muscles (3) 24 Pay at a restaurant, e g (4,3,4)

DOWN

2 Bisect (5) 3 Colonise (8) 4 Deadly African fly (6) 5 Copse (4) 6 Perform again (2-5) 7 Female sorcerer (11) 8 Kitchen crusher (6,5) 13 Rounded handle (8) 15 Keepsake (7) 17 Salad root (6) 20 Slow speech (5) 21 Auction centre (4)

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