TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Crazy ideal is worked
together (7) 5 Ends with a broken
chain? (5) 8 Second attack? Get
weaving (5) 9 Alarm it resolved in husband and wife relations (7) 10 Mount to race further (8) 11 Article to headmaster? Not
us! (4) 13 Really enjoying French wine encased in firewood (6) 15 Liftin’ of fruit (6) 18 Case starts to expand taking underwear inside (4) 19 Lever around metal in
perfect condition (8) 22 Say woman loses plug
completely (7) 23 Small party in Mecca
ballroom (5) 24 Shelf is left with border
attached (5) 25 Figures in the Old
Testament (7)
DOWN
1 Braille translated for free (7) 2 Collect from a service (5) 3 Some money sent round as deposit (8) 4 Object to note, and appear as prim (6) 5 Distinct feeling that girl’s left out (4) 6 Abandons trenches (7) 7 Devious males in witch hunt town (5) 12 Plant cup is thrown into river (8) 14 Leapt over roof that’s arched (7) 16 Sewing tools pointless, mostly (7) 17 Tory holds bit of light coloured writer (6) 18 Some people qualified on level terms (5) 20 Films Bruce regularly to inspire (5) 21 From the East, some edible frozen fish (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Coordinated (with) (7) 5 S American mountains (5) 8 Bind with a ribbon (5) 9 Conjugal (7) 10 American presidents’ mountain (8) 11 Plural pronoun (4) 13 Adoring (6) 15 Dried fruit (6) 18 Sewing case (4) 19 As new (8) 22 Absolutely (7) 23 Group of plotters (5) 24 Narrow shelf (5) 25 Digits (7)
DOWN
1 Broad-minded (7) 2 Accumulate (5) 3 Deposit (8) 4 Coy (6) 5 Ambience (4) 6 Abandons (7) 7 State capital of Oregon (5) 12 Green or red pepper (8) 14 Arched (7) 16 Deliberately annoys (7) 17 Coloured pencil (6) 18 Balanced (5) 20 Deeply tinge (5) 21 Golden fish (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Machinery; 6 Low; 8 Snips; 9 Enraged; 10 Dynamite; 11 Apse; 13 Acidic; 14 Rulers; 17 Riff; 19 Nebraska; 22 Rissole; 23 Grebe; 24 Pl(a)y; 25 Heartened. Down: 1 Mused; 2 Chianti; 3 Insomnia; 4 Events; 5 Yarn; 6 Leg-up; 7 Widgets; 12 Outright; 13 Airdrop; 15 Eastern; 16 Genera(l); 18 Fishy; 20 Ahead; 21 Tosh.