TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Disperse thin gloom of

overhead gleam (9) 6 Satisfied consumer

demand (3) 8 Applaud revolutionary

with some hesitation (5) 9 Improves right friends (7) 10 Out-of-this-world transport has trips all over the place (8) 11 Wee portion of fat in

yoghurt (4) 13 Taking some of you to

piazza — ideal place (6) 14 Ran away, despite being

secured (6) 17 Only the odd Trappist bugle

call (4) 19 Bridle parts next to each other, appearing gradually (3,2,3) 22 Mass of ice starts to

gather with more frills (7) 23 Central key swallowed by

young horse (5) 24 Number’s put back in

showtime (3) 25 Ignores surveys (9)

DOWN

1 Jeers at headless artists’

garments (5) 2 Herb for Lear’s daughter in

spectacles? (7) 3 Cricket ground’s trendy

address for aristocrat (8) 4 Anger Bill by hiding pet

rodent (6) 5 High but improbable (4) 6 Jumping bail, I find a legal

explanation (5) 7 Attempted to replant

seed, say (7) 12 You’re not certain to be this

(8) 13 Tense when not in bed,

drunk (7) 15 Plant the cause of a burning desire? (7) 16 Forcibly enter seaside

construction by church (6) 18 Complicated plot about a

Greek philosopher (5) 20 Bounds over left of slabs

(5) 21 Cooking oil covering new

floor covering (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Lunar illumination (9) 6 Consumed (3) 8 Applaud (5) 9 Public gatherings (7) 10 Space vehicle (8) 11 Diminutive (4) 13 Ideal land (6) 14 Fled (6) 17 Bar’s beer nozzles (4) 19 Gradually (3,2,3) 22 Huge ice mass (7) 23 Central (5) 24 A brace (3) 25 Affords a view of (9)

DOWN

1 Derides (5) 2 Aromatic herb (7) 3 Term of address to a

peer (8) 4 Small pet rodent (6) 5 Lofty (4) 6 Courtroom defence (5) 7 Attempted (7) 12 Improbable (8) 13 Agitated (7) 15 Source of nicotine (7) 16 Make a hole in (6) 18 Greek philosopher (5) 20 Roof slates (5) 21 Floor covering (4)