TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Included Broken Promise in
CD (9) 6 Aim to give tip (3) 8 Tonne scrambled for nine
performers (5) 9 Bishop’s staff about to get
more optimistic (7) 10 English movements
producing feelings (8) 11 Dust kicked about in
breeding farm (4) 13 Quietly mention favour (6) 14 Lettuce, nearly the greatest in the world (6) 17 Realise sometimes umbrellas
sell singly, initially (4) 19 Judicial investigations of
fashionable pursuits (8) 22 Speakers go to the
dogs? (7) 23 Some public items are
allowed (5) 24 Scarlet looked at paper,
we’re told (3) 25 Type of railway enjoyable with copper carried by rail, oddly (9)
DOWN
1 Boat in ocean wrecked (5) 2 Noah and Mel go around
inspection chamber (7) 3 Fee paid in advance to
faithful servant (8) 4 Not the winner’s time! (6) 5 Perform or entrance (4) 6 Former partner first to
survive (5) 7 Sneers at awful desire to
hold daughter (7) 12 Match with ordinary people, let everyone know (2,6) 13 Port was ruined after a
conflict (4-3) 15 Cats could be good at
making sounds (7) 16 Joining together, first of
September in marriage (6) 18 Chide son lacking in affection (5) 20 Ordinary task holds back
woodland god (5) 21 Unable to hear fade-out
(4)
ACROSS
1 Consisted of (9) 6 Bring to a close (3) 8 Composition for nine (5) 9 Bishop’s crook (7) 10 Inner feelings (8) 11 Fastener (4) 13 Be more partial to (6) 14 Universe (6) 17 Realise, grasp (4) 19 Coroners’ cases (8) 22 Bass loudspeakers (7) 23 Allowable (5) 24 Beetroot colour (3) 25 Cable railway (9)
DOWN
1 Lightweight boat (5) 2 Sewer access (7) 3 Domestic servant (8) 4 Silver medal position (6) 5 Portal (4) 6 Be (5) 7 Jeers at (7) 12 Let everyone know (2,6) 13 Occurring after a conflict (4-3) 15 Melodious (7) 16 Accord (6) 18 Admonish severely (5) 20 Woodland spirit (5) 21 Hard of hearing (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Omnipresent; 9 Tea; 10 Prankster; 11 Twiddled; 12 Spat; 14 Online; 16 Stodgy; 18 Coat; 19 Conclave; 22 Phenomena; 23 Pen; 24 Conditional.
Down: 2 Miami; 3 Impudent; 4 Reader; 5 Sake; 6 Notepad; 7 Stethoscope; 8 Pretty Penny; 13 Staccato; 15 Leave go; 17 Lowest; 20 Alpha; 21 Toad (Towed).