TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Left former prisoner carrying one dictionary (7) 5 Pay for another surprise gift (5) 8 Artistic style requires wild, endless energy (5) 9 Patsy called out for support (7) 10 Girl’s with posh friend once a year (8) 11 Forehead mostly tanned (4) 13 Abstain from changing sides before time (6) 15 Doctor copies curtains (6) 18 Carbonated soft drink in
espresso daiquiri (4) 19 Send nice letters off, though infuriated (8) 22 Girl fighting enemy’s leader in the dark (7) 23 Lie about material (5) 24 Dance for an uncertain period (5) 25 Reserve sherry opened by eminence, say (7)
DOWN
1 Dawdler to haul American girl up (7) 2 Not a bit cross about gas (5) 3 Five in creases, smoothed out crack (8) 4 Is only troublesome in a prying way (6) 5 Pin down saddle etc (4) 6 Show-off’s journey to gripe about (3,4) 7 Cast finished talking (5) 12 Insect found on a putting surface? (8) 14 Phone card when carrying precious weapon (4,3) 16 Deliver up top troops without grief (7) 17 Given sausages, but no starter, makes one furious (6) 18 Listen to head case with boat (5) 20 Island’s back to black (5) 21 Old ruler’s reported this game (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Vocabulary of terms (7) 5 Handle (5) 8 Class, type (5) 9 Help (7) 10 Every year (8) 11 Crest (4) 13 Break off (6) 15 Hangs in folds (6) 18 Aerated water (4) 19 Enraged (8) 22 Heedless (7) 23 Roughage (5) 24 Intermediate state (5) 25 Diffidence (7)
DOWN
1 Dawdler (7) 2 Inert gas (5) 3 Glacial split (8) 4 Pryingly (6) 5 Small nail (4) 6 Selfish behaviour (3,4) 7 Chucked (5) 12 Aphid (8) 14 Sword or pistol (4,3) 16 Depression (7) 17 Riles (6) 18 Light oar (5) 20 Black, in heraldry (5) 21 Algarve town (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Redundant; 6 Yam; 8 Crane; 9 Toccata; 10 Eggplant; 11 Undo; 13 Dating; 14 Fungus(h); 17 (B)Each; 19 Leapfrog; 22 Granite; 23 Idler; 24 RAF; 25 Renegades.
Down: 1 Ruche; 2 Draught; 3 Needling; 4 Attend; 5 Tick; 6 Yearn; 7 Meadows; 12 Dumpling; 13 Dredger; 15 Garbled(lead); 16 Severn; 18 Chaff(inch); 20 Germs; 21 Liar.