TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Its root is stewed for this dish (7) 8 Calm position around centre of path (7) 9 Get back into heart of funeral procession (7) 10 Dance with a surprise ending (5) 11 Little letters let down legal argument (5,4) 14 Welshman in charge of Scottish football team? (6) 15 Nut is able to follow exercise (5) 16 Animals’ horns I remove (6) 20 On the run with problem skin – great! (9) 23 Frock held by a cadre’s surgeon (5) 24 Go in van round French city (7) 25 Other names back cruise in the ocean (7) 26 They admit blame – it does them good (7)

DOWN

1 Remember to phone again (6) 2 Crafty little rodent died (6) 3 Model inheritor – it belongs to them (5) 4 Entertainment makes some euro per annum (5) 5 Cutlery in workers’ restaurant? (7) 6 A trial out for the rope (6) 7 Poisoned by having a month in charge (6) 12 Leading climber has breather on the summit (5) 13 Climb up fish plate (5) 15 Control sheriff’s men on ship (7) 16 Carped about military police officer (6) 17 I bear off across one European peninsula (6) 18 Girl returned after six to capital city (6) 19 Cagney redesigned office (6) 21 Have a go at cook (5) 22 Dwell in part of prefab I decorated (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Italian rice dish (7) 8 Appease (7) 9 Funeral procession (7) 10 Contort (5) 11 Non-capital (letters) (5-4) 14 Glasgow football club (6) 15 Nut variety (5) 16 Horned African animals (6) 20 Darting (9) 23 Apparel (5) 24 Southern French city (7) 25 False names (7) 26 Curative system (7)

DOWN

1 Ability to remember things (6) 2 Astute (6) 3 Plural of his or her (5) 4 Play set to music (5) 5 School cafe (7) 6 Cowboy’s rope (6) 7 Infected (6) 12 Apex of a wave (5) 13 Ascend (5) 15 Control (7) 16 Military police officer (6) 17 Spain and Portugal (6) 18 Austrian city (6) 19 Bureau (6) 21 Bake in the oven (5) 22 Endure, tolerate (5)