TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Pick she manipulated,

being hungry (7) 8 Name’s first opening (7) 9 Foolishly sentimental girl

left home (7) 10 I shot out of lift (5) 11 Support for bird with facial

wrinkles (5,4) 14 Lower name and

number (6) 15 Tiara ruined by yogurt

dish (5) 16 Distributes thin papers with

no heading (6) 20 Brief journey by air corridor, say, after drink (5-4) 23 Prime piece of fillet steak

for dowdy woman (5) 24 Determined person enters,

a tad unsure (7) 25 Draw out prison

sentence (7) 26 Ungraceful bird heard,

needing room (7)

DOWN

1 I’m about to be covered in

purple volcanic stone (6) 2 Small business on top of

voucher (6) 3 Relaxes with noisy

gods (5) 4 Entirely depend on

joint (5) 5 Late afternoon meal I hate thrown around good hospital (4,3) 6 End of home surrounded

by halibut, perhaps? (6) 7 Roofer on top of skyscraper at a future time (6) 12 F-flog camera part (5) 13 Go in and make a

record (5) 15 Welcome break

concerning malice (7) 16 Soak for flavour in

electrical device (6) 17 Move quickly, bearing hot

food (6) 18 Sound of sheep eating

granny’s fruit (6) 19 Thrilled when story is

returned to journalist (6) 21 Order a bit of a laugh in

Nebraska (5) 22 Follow pop record (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 A little hungry (7) 8 First (7) 9 Schmaltzy (7) 10 Crane (5) 11 Eye wrinkles (5,4) 14 Lower (6) 15 Indian yogurt

condiment (5) 16 Comes forth (6) 20 Not going far (by air) (5-4) 23 One who is dowdily

dressed (5) 24 Determined (7) 25 Elongate (7) 26 Clumsy (7)

DOWN

1 Abrasive rock (6) 2 Discount voucher (6) 3 Does nothing (5) 4 Door joint (5) 5 Early evening meal (4,3) 6 Complete (6) 7 Roof worker (6) 12 Bit of lightning (5) 13 Come in (5) 15 Breathing space (7) 16 Imbue (6) 17 Dart, sprint (6) 18 Common fruit (6) 19 Ecstatic (6) 21 City in Nebraska (5) 22 Racecourse (5)