TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Karate perhaps to spoil

crooked rat tail (7,3) 8 Piece of rice seen on

wood (5) 9 Wash and iron in Manila

undertaking (7) 10 Appearing to view Chinese

porcelain (7) 11 Following illness, single

piece of steak (1-4) 12 Extends prison

sentences (9) 15 Shot eighteen holes (5) 17 Hiker runs in front of slow

walker (7) 19 Childish talk causing piano

to shake (7) 20 Capers not starting in the members of an organisation (5) 21 Help in hearing premature change to Tosca opening (3-7)

DOWN

2 President Lincoln over at

stop (5) 3 Moroccan town with

stronger flavour (7) 4 Using rebuilt pergola, trail

a fruit (9,4) 5 Mature leaders of

America don’t understand

little things (5) 6 Boring Edward has

promises to pay (7) 7 Be taking artilleryman into

hillside (4) 8 Essential part of the

register (4) 12 Meat product with herb

going round USA (7) 13 Boring low noise on

instrument (7) 14 Twisted scar forms a

curve (4) 15 Work between the lines is

inadequate (4) 16 Put off some lemonade,

terrible! (5) 18 Dive without leader as

well (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Aikido, eg (7,3) 8 Cereal crop (5) 9 Wash and iron (7) 10 Apparent (7) 11 Choice steak (1-4) 12 Elongates (9) 15 Ball-shaped (5) 17 Climbing rose (7) 19 Babble (7) 20 Classifies (5) 21 Old-fashioned aid for deaf people (3-7)

DOWN

2 Subside (5) 3 Moroccan port (7) 4 Avocado (9,4) 5 Fully grown (5) 6 Boring (7) 7 Scottish hillside (4) 8 General idea (4) 12 Frankfurter (7) 13 Boring, commonplace (7) 14 Curved shapes (4) 15 Of poor quality (4) 16 Daunt (5) 18 Dive forward (5)