TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Great at moulding boats in a hurry (7) 8 Islander to noisily drink ahead of disturbance (7) 9 Facts in favour of US intelligence agency turning boring (7) 10 Part of flank, leg or foot (5) 11 Potential payee says it’s a doddle (4-5) 14 Sacrilege in this place, extremely scary (6) 15 Hear note by singer (5) 16 Sponsor, one reversing? (6) 20 Ten mean to possibly get compensation (9) 23 Young swimmer constantly circling lake (5) 24 Countryman annexes a state (7) 25 Remarkably typical Conservative girl in charge (7) 26 Former partner sat in the open (7)
DOWN
1 Repair damaged weapon (6) 2 Game bird’s complaint? (6) 3 Walk noisily to the end of short slope (5) 4 African port and cognac cravings kept hidden (5) 5 Second appeal for aerosol (7) 6 An amusing touch? (6) 7 Tough fish enters enclosure (6) 12 Strain river, right? (5) 13 Cut said Mr Connery (5) 15 Empty article cropped up with flower (3,4) 16 Make white line in sand (6) 17 Costly fare using Roman road in taxi perhaps (6) 18 Passes on information about team races (6) 19 Maroon thread (6) 21 Nothing agreeable put aside (2,3) 22 Arrive with extremity in the air (3,2)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Boat race meeting (7) 8 Islander who may be Greek or Turkish (7) 9 Commonplace (7) 10 Foot and leg joint (5) 11 Very simple (4-5) 14 Religious crime (6) 15 Adult male voice (5) 16 Benefactor (6) 20 Reparation (9) 23 Immature eel (5) 24 Midwest US state (7) 25 Time-honoured (7) 26 Revealed (7)
DOWN
1 Duelling sword (6) 2 Complain (6) 3 Vagrant (5) 4 Capital of Ghana (5) 5 Atomiser (7) 6 Gently amuse (6) 7 Cold and determined (6) 12 Apply (pressure) (5) 13 Clipped (5) 15 Hybrid flower with thorns (3,4) 16 Cleaning agent (6) 17 Fish roe of the sturgeon (6) 18 Broadcasts (6) 19 Filament, thread (6) 21 Deferred indefinitely (2,3) 22 Arrive (3,2)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Amateur; 5 Gamma; 8 Inlay; 9 Salerno; 10 Sob story; 11 Snag; 13 Espial; 15 Let rip; 18 Wait (Weight); 19 Log cabin; 22 Enfield; 23 Moose (Moos); 24 Tales; 25 Parades.
Down: 1 At issue; 2 Adlib; 3 Egyptian; 4 Resort; 5 Gold; 6 Mariner; 7 Among; 12 Newcomer; 14 Painful; 16 Pincers; 17 Hold up; 18 Wheat; 20 Brood; 21 Less.