TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Stylish with an English

double bend (7) 8 Sprinted back to lines –

gets thinner (7) 9 Admire ornate sceptre (7) 10 Annoy fellow inside with

firearm (5) 11 Civil force capture a king

with serviceable relics (9) 14 Soaks when walks about

East (6) 15 Swallowed by gecko, a lazy

marsupial (5) 16 Get back in gear somehow

(6) 20 Most foolish however (9) 23 Former South African

place of birth (5) 24 What’s left in difficult

seminar (7) 25 Facing Turkish dignitary in

street (7) 26 Caribbean island where iguana dances round top of tree (7)

DOWN

1 Metal Italian city put under

church (6) 2 Part of a shoe found inside

fish (6) 3 Delegate takes a long time

with books (5) 4 Go in to make a record (5) 5 Corresponding to animal in

Asian boat (3,4) 6 Peg put on rotten sweet

(6) 7 Estimate value of animals

before sale starts (6) 12 A student, single, by him

self (5) 13 Pieces of land mentioned

in Memphis lesson (5) 15 I will shortly be embraced

by monarch – hilarious! (7) 16 Learnt about hire charge

(6) 17 Opening to golden dessert

(6) 18 I’d sign off train storage

track (6) 19 Japanese hostess seen in

passage, I shadow (6) 21 Artery, part of great road,

climbing (5) 22 Persuade European mem

ber to enter island race (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Race track’s zigzag section

(7) 8 Contracts (7) 9 Admiration (7) 10 Accurate firearm (5) 11 Army collectables (9) 14 Immerses (6) 15 Australian animal (5) 16 Acquire anew (6) 20 At any rate (9) 23 Of birth (5) 24 Leftovers (7) 25 Abutting (7) 26 Caribbean island (7)

DOWN

1 Metal plating (6) 2 Part of a boot (6) 3 Sales rep (5) 4 Come in (5) 5 Corresponding (3,4) 6 Chewy caramel (6) 7 Appraise (6) 12 By yourself (5) 13 Dots of land (5) 15 Slaying (7) 16 Act of hiring (6) 17 Cream cake (6) 18 Train storage track (6) 19 Japanese dancing girl (6) 21 Heart vessel (5) 22 Allure (5)