TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Unnecessary and turned

off (9) 6 The sweet potato Amy

prepared (3) 8 One lifts a bird (5) 9 Musical piece two cats

composed about duck (7) 10 What’s laid by factory is a

purple fruit (8) 11 Prepare for take-off (4) 13 Working out age when

courting (6) 14 It’s enjoyable to almost

pour mould (6) 17 Many grains of sand, though not the first, individually (4) 19 Flog pear concoction in the

vault (8) 22 Rock concealed in

Tangier (7) 23 Loafer left in dire mess (5) 24 Far off flying service

(initials)(3) 25 Goes back on promise about commercial for traitors (9)

DOWN

1 In Peru, cheap pleated

frilling (5) 2 Drink in the breeze (7) 3 Inn ledge broke,

annoying (8) 4 Wait for a motorcycle

race to finish (6) 5 Mark as correct the little

mite (4) 6 Long time before news

begins (5) 7 Cat calls about notice in

fields (7) 12 Throw away fish for

casserole item (8) 13 Vessel producing greed in

doctor (7) 15 Clobber with element of

speech when confused (7) 16 River cut to a point (6) 18 Part of foot removed from

bird? That’s rubbish! (5) 20 Bacteria found right inside

stones (5) 21 Rail about untruthful

person (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Disemployed (9) 6 Tropical potato (3) 8 Large hoist (5) 9 Keyboard piece (7) 10 Aubergine (8) 11 Disconnect (4) 13 Going out with (6) 14 Mildew or mould, eg (6) 17 All singularly (4) 19 Jumping game (8) 22 Hard coarse-grained

rock (7) 23 Lazy type (5) 24 Armed service (initials)(3) 25 Defectors (9)

DOWN

1 Pleated frilling (5) 2 Air current (7) 3 Annoying (8) 4 Be present (6) 5 Clock noise (4) 6 Crave (5) 7 Fields (7) 12 Dough ball in a stew (8) 13 Mud-clearing vessel (7) 15 Confused (account) (7) 16 Shrewsbury’s river (6) 18 Corn husks (5) 20 Bacteria (5) 21 Big fibber (4)