TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Post needing services of a

high-flyer (7) 5 A degree against meat (5) 8 Curtsy by policeman (5) 9 More gut trouble for the

connoisseur (7) 10 Versatile equipment guilty of mistake in millimetres (8) 11 Run to city bank (4) 13 Drink of the gods producing

trance (6) 15 Suddenly seize brief

musical extract (6) 18 Work doggedly chopping

logs (4) 19 Put at risk stealing first of

artefacts of the Empire (8) 22 Drunk retains drink (7) 23 Be sparing, putting a thousand in rubbish container (5) 24 Cut up manuscript for

tests (5) 25 Put on as expected (7)

DOWN

1 Get egg-white for a pound

and shake up menu (7) 2 Bishop taking part in

dance leads to revolt (5) 3 Interpretation of play, Act I, different from the rest? (8) 4 Extra part of journey takes

so long (3,3) 5 Confused impression caused by Louvre, oddly (4) 6 Remark about frantic moment (7) 7 Smart? No holding nondrinker (5) 12 Niceness, strangely, infuriates (8) 14 Terrible actor, one approaching a European country (7) 16 Where chopper comes down in Adelphi, perhaps (7) 17 Animal trapped in Blenheim

Palace (6) 18 Swell certain to catch latest in clothing (5) 20 I’d take one instant to reflect on regional jargon (5) 21 Peck from chick is startling

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