TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Lets leveret loose on the

ground floor (6,5) 9 Softly, a French witticism

emerges (3) 10 Disguised one new tooth

into another (9) 11 Programme of building

you’ll hear (8) 12 Beginnings of heather un

der Loch Lomond port (4) 14 Inside, heartthrob berates

thief (6) 16 Charm some intend

earnestly (6) 18 Hear of stone’s ornamental

edge (4) 19 Latte reportedly holds

back musical offering (8) 22 Gets eager cooking chocolate confectionery (6,3) 23 Result of a freeze in

Leicestershire (3) 24 Locksmith hears riders

again (11)

DOWN

2 Fish pong when head’s

removed (5) 3 Wicked person cruelly re

viled about nothing (4-4) 4 Grapple with fishing

equipment (6) 5 After hesitation proceed

like this (4) 6 Cook pie and smoke with

gourmet (7) 7 Edit perhaps, so to

punctuation marks (11) 8 A beer or milk is ordered

for a metalworker (11) 13 Granite’s polluted by

helium, eg (5,3) 15 Cake is thanks to espresso

maker (7) 17 A soft fruit to emerge (6) 20 Moment when basmati

arrives on time (5) 21 Interminably eerie means

of river control (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Ground floor (6,5) 9 Clever play on words (3) 10 Disguised (9) 11 Inventory, table (8) 12 Body of a ship (4) 14 Bandit (6) 16 Arouse affection (6) 18 Knitting stitch (4) 19 Short musical drama (8) 22 Springtime chocolate gift

(6,3) 23 Drinks cooler (3) 24 Coiffeur (11)

DOWN

2 Freshwater fish (5) 3 Sinner (4-4) 4 Challenge (6) 5 Consequently (4) 6 Food connoisseur (7) 7 Punctuation marks (11) 8 Skilled steelworker (11) 13 Neon, eg (5,3) 15 Coffee-shop worker (7) 17 Become visible (6) 20 Instant (5) 21 Dam (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Apologise; 6 Gas; 8 Until; 9 Chemist; 10 Extolled; 11 Seal; 13 Coyote; 14 Fencer; 17 (P)each; 19 Centaurs; 22 Extinct; 23 Aspen; 24 Try; 25 Earnestly.

Down: 1 Azure; 2 Outstay; 3 Oilcloth; 4 (P)inches; 5 Ever; 6 Gripe; 7 Settler; 12 Test case; 13 Clement; 15 Crum(b)pet; 16 Letter; 18 Catty; 20 Sunny; 21 Knee.