TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Around Crete, feta brought about very loud consequence (5-6) 9 Hear a number as well (3) 10 Put an end to ant without

sodium (9) 11 Pay attention and accept

the money (4,4) 12 Enthusiastic about entering

Spain tomorrow (4) 14 Layabout’s shoe (6) 16 Large flyers or migratory

seal, eg (6) 18 Cows tried to be noisy (4) 19 Sporting Post angry at

drinks counter (8) 22 Military parade on April

1st? (5,4) 23 Young child comes and

goes (3) 24 Seville trip organised to

find builder’s tool (6,5)

DOWN

2 Go with the crowd for

powdered cloth (5) 3 Spread supplied by former

nurse and journalist (8) 4 For instance, rest set off to

find white herons (6) 5 Outwit with sword (4) 6 Girl left after church, of

course (7) 7 Yes to hamlet building

posh residence (7,4) 8 Complain about friend admitting strange snort (11) 13 Opening of council estate’s

new tape (8) 15 Breeze to subside during

parachute landings (7) 17 Some writer ran text, being

wayward (6) 20 Clean city, English (5) 21 Burn map almost (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Repercussion (5-6) 9 Also (3) 10 Bring to a finish (9) 11 Pay attention (4,4) 12 Dead keen on (4) 14 Casual shoe (6) 16 Birds of prey (6) 18 Animal group (4) 19 Top of a goal (8) 22 Soldiers’ parade (5,4) 23 Add (up) (3) 24 Liquid-filled device for setting horizontal surfaces (6,5)

DOWN

2 Group of sheep (5) 3 Enlarged (8) 4 White herons (6) 5 Fencing weapon (4) 6 Broad strait (7) 7 Large mansion (7,4) 8 Make objections (11) 13 Audio tape (8) 15 Parachute delivery (7) 17 Going wrong (6) 20 Cleanse (5) 21 Burn black (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Tickety-boo; 8 Sushi(p); 9 Recital; 10 Spectra; 11 Smelt; 12 Hard lines; 15 Balti; 17 Netball; 19 Oatcake; 20 Lurid; 21 Present-day.

Down: 2 Issue; 3 Knitter; 4 Turn a blind eye; 5 Backs; 6 Outlets; 7 Blot; 8 Sash; 12 Hill-top; 13 Notelet; 14 S(o)lid; 15 Boor (Boar); 16 Image; 18 Aorta.