TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 A fantasist? Yours truly in

gloomy surroundings (7) 5 Plenty of paper to obliterate smear (5) 8 Only some people qualified on level terms (5) 9 Main point, by beginning of month, is to return glazed product (4,3) 10 See ship as part of

make-up (8) 11 Goodness me! We’ve

caught a duck (4) 13 Vehicle for two in violet

and emerald (6) 15 Creating a scene in spiritual

meeting (6) 18 Small country ghetto

governed internally (4) 19 Metal tools for difficult

conflict, note (8) 22 Competitor in event ran

third (7) 23 Gamble after it returned

to Himalayan region (5) 24 Upright inhabitant of the

rectory (5) 25 Hire marine map with

hesitation (7)

DOWN

1 Lowest form of river vermin (7) 2 Avoid fool losing his

head (5) 3 Pit worker embracing sick

craftsman (8) 4 Jockey holds a thief (6) 5 Ruminants turning up at

waterside grass (4) 6 Get egg-white for a pound and shake up menu (7) 7 Tendon raised is fresh (5) 12 Sell Tate composition, causing prolonged quarrel (8) 14 Almost secure the garment (7) 16 Cross writer? (7) 17 Strategic move reversed in

implicit catechism (6) 18 Article by me is the

subject (5) 20 Monk and sailor with black

set of books (5) 21 Cut top off grilled bread

from oven (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Fantasist (7) 5 Paper measures (5) 8 Balanced (5) 9 Glazed bridge roll (4,3) 10 Cosmetic pencil (8) 11 Migratory duck (4) 13 Two-seater bicycle (6) 15 Spiritualist’s event (6) 18 Ghana’s neighbour (4) 19 Durable equipment (8) 22 Candidate (7) 23 Himalayan province (5) 24 Build (5) 25 Bill of rights (7) DOWN 1 Furthest down (7) 2 Avoid (5) 3 Hat-maker (8) 4 Attacker (6) 5 Aquatic grass (4) 6 Egg-white (7) 7 Tendon (5) 12 Ongoing feud (8) 14 Bedroom dress (7) 16 One who votes (7) 17 Sporting ploy (6) 18 Subject matter (5) 20 Chief monk (5) 21 Hop kiln (4)