TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Hours being written off to

see soap (10) 8 Tuber cooked for beast (5) 9 Le Carré novel, more

readable (7) 10 Rest all shimmering like

stars (7) 11 Sauce! Keeping very soft

and sentimental (5) 12 New or ancient repository

(9) 15 Unimportant part of

rhythm in orchestra (5) 17 Tree where fir cone develops (7) 19 Drawing rig Adam mangled

(7) 20 Animal at a shopping arcade returns (5) 21 Gave voice to girls in

shades (10) DOWN

2 No Latin de luxe models

sweat! (5) 3 Mischievous sprite to

smile about ruined elm (7) 4 Arabic clan met clumsy

animal (8,5) 5 American queen first

sacks employers (5) 6 Crazy capers, right one

used by stripper! (7) 7 Cart in tundra, yoked (4) 8 Broke chest (4) 12 Seek votes with stout fabric, say (7) 13 Puzzle made of puns, only

endless (7) 14 District in the Far East (4) 15 Manufactured cheese the

wrong way (4) 16 Further showing a little

nearer, unwatchable (5) 18 Signal to become wider (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 People next door (10) 8 Barbarian (5) 9 Brighter (7) 10 Astral (7) 11 Daft, sentimental (5) 12 Carton (9) 15 Juvenile (5) 17 Evergreen (7) 19 Drawing (7) 20 Alpaca-like animal (5) 21 Darkened spectacles (10)

2 Discharge (5) 3 Troublesome sprite (7) 4 Gobi Desert animal (8,5) 5 Consumers (5) 6 Decorating tool (7) 7 Brewery cart (4) 8 Bankrupt (4) 12 Solicit votes (7) 13 Astound (7) 14 District (4) 15 Coerced (4) 16 Repeat screening (5) 18 Blaze up (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Stick insect; 9 Age; 10 Impromptu; 11 Hokkaido; 12 Yews (Use); 14 Madder; 16 Geisha; 18 Talc; 19 Credited; 22 Camembert; 23 Nun; 24 Maintenance.

Down: 2 Tweak; 3 China tea; 4 (H)impede; 5 S(h)oot; 6 Coppers; 7 Mathematics; 8 Outstanding; 13 Vendetta; 15 Dilemma; 17 Freeze (Frieze); 20 Tonic; 21 Omen.