TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Express regret when a
sport, eg, is fixed (9) 6 Talk about fuel (3) 8 Up to the moment peacekeepers lit up (5) 9 Scientist’s box found outside Michigan (7) 10 Former road tax journalist
praised (8) 11 Aquatic mammal close up
(4) 13 Wild dog shy with broken
toe (6) 14 Sportsman making a
boundary? (6) 17 Cut top of stone fruit
individually (4) 19 Mythical creatures of
Etruscan origin (8) 22 No longer active, former leader of cell got in touch (7) 23 When writer appears in US
ski resort (5) 24 Attempt by Terry taking
odd letters (3) 25 Nearly set wrong in a
serious way (9)
DOWN
1 Ezra struggling, going round the bend, was blue (5) 2 Show greater endurance than troublesome tout, say (7) 3 Reluctant to be removing
coil first on canvas (8) 4 Creeps forward and
squeezes top off (6) 5 Always veer round (4) 6 Complain when good and
ready (5) 7 Colonist who pays the
bills? (7) 12 Match box that creates a
precedent? (4,4) 13 Mild Mel making a comeback, in the money (7) 15 Tiny piece, not black my
dear, making muffin (7) 16 Landlord’s a character (6) 18 Like Tom perhaps –
spiteful (5) 20 Bright star over New York
(5) 21 It is bent on paying homage
(4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Express regret (9) 6 Airy matter (3) 8 As far as (5) 9 Medicine dispenser (7) 10 Enthused about (8) 11 Aquatic mammal (4) 13 North American wild dog
(6) 14 Sporting swordsman (6) 17 All singularly (4) 19 Mythical creatures (8) 22 Dead (7) 23 Colorado resort or tree (5) 24 Attempt (3) 25 Fervently (9)
DOWN
1 Blue of the sky (5) 2 Last longer than (7) 3 Waterproof fabric (8) 4 Creeps (forward) (6) 5 Always (4) 6 Complaint (5) 7 Colonist (7) 12 Lawsuit setting a precedent (4,4) 13 Mild (of weather) (7) 15 Light round savoury cake
(7) 16 Alphabet character (6) 18 Backbiting (5) 20 Bright (weather) (5) 21 Joint in the leg (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Brands Hatch; 9 Win; 10 Programme; 11 Eventide; 12 Feta; 14 Praise; 16 Patent; 18 Thai (Tie); 19 Cream tea; 22 Toy poodle; 23 Use; 24 Ferris wheel.
Down: 2 Range; 3 Nepotism; 4 Shoddy; 5 Acre; 6 Comp(l)ete; 7 Sweet potato; 8 Penalty area; 13 Nazareth; 15 Analyse (Anna lies); 17 Grades; 20 Truce; 21 Poor (Pour).