TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Once more sat or lay down
(7) 5 Surround and harass live
group (5) 8 Fourteen pounds in
tattered notes (5) 9 Emirate could be more
substantial (7) 10 Nautical ties for low collars
(8) 11 Metal to go first (4) 13 Girl with a variety of
medals (6) 15 Refuse father’s drink (4,2) 18 Physician given small coin
to produce leak (4) 19 Scheme to study church
feature (8) 22 Restrains new wives left
inside (7) 23 Island whisky article (5) 24 Audible magnitude of
sounds of relief (5) 25 Heron is moving away
from the sea (7)
DOWN
1 Amount of money in the
grass picked up again (7) 2 Picture hoop spinning
round square (5) 3 Example made of MEP
since crooked (8) 4 Injury for David initially,
before a game, perhaps (6) 5 Boast when clothing
wrong way round (4) 6 Sir sped about arachnids
(7) 7 Weary, and drawn around
end of quarter (5) 12 Small fruits are a necessity
back in elite corps (8) 14 Feeling unwell after Mark
gets posting (7) 16 Nobility always poetically
shielded by attendant (7) 17 A bison runs to small tree
(6) 18 Liabilities incurred by girl
coming out way back (5) 20 One dimly lit, apart from
my house (5) 21 First of people left America, a positive sign (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Lay (7) 5 Encircle (5) 8 Pebble (5) 9 Beefier (7) 10 Anchorages (8) 11 Be in front (4) 13 Lass, maiden (6) 15 Forgo (an opportunity)
(4,2) 18 Flow slowly (4) 19 Hatch a plot (8) 22 Headgear for horses (7) 23 Island, capital Valletta (5) 24 Exhales audibly (5) 25 Near the coast (7)
DOWN
1 Began again (7) 2 Developed picture (5) 3 Example (8) 4 Break, spoil (6) 5 Be boastful (4) 6 Arachnids (7) 7 Drowsy (5) 12 Small citrus fruits (8) 14 Posting (7) 16 Aristocracy (7) 17 Dwarf tree (6) 18 Arrears (5) 20 Arctic dwelling (5) 21 Added to (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Psoriasis; 6 (O)Pal; 8 Ruche; 9 Entraps; 10 Deployed; 11 Tent; 13 Jet set; 14 Poncho; 17 Duct (Ducked); 19 Hispanic; 22 In limbo; 23 Arena; 24 Man; 25 Groundsel.
Down: 1 Pared (Paired); 2 Occ(Ox)iput; 3 Icedover; 4 Sweden; 5 Site; 6 Plane (Plain); 7 Lesotho; 12 Complain(t); 13 Judaism; 15 Cinders; 16 Kimono; 18 Colon; 20 (S)Crawl; 21 Smug.