TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Where one may eat ice
after a crumble (9) 6 Behold western base (3) 8 Some had option to
espouse (5) 9 Unruly alarmist doesn’t
start to get wind (7) 10 Wind brings flower into
cathedral city (8) 11 In Amritsar, it’s a garment
(4) 13 Figure not as sensitive (6) 14 Slum it, strangely, in type of
test (6) 17 Open ground often conceals it (4) 19 Live animal eating hot
sauce (8) 22 Music Maigret composed
(7) 23 Enter at speed for an argument (3,2) 24 Allow replaying of tennis
stroke (3) 25 Badly organised but
impressive (9)
DOWN
1 Cold comfort to stop (5) 2 Wreckage of pole raised
next to little girl (7) 3 Staggered by river mammal Ted caught (8) 4 Noise of thunder when topping removed from dessert (6) 5 Laos bombed in addition
(4) 6 Grub is right in the middle
of volcanic deposit (5) 7 Boots you might need – when water sources overflow, that is (7) 12 Alongside note, crimson
faded (8) 13 Gear in new Renault (7) 15 Tome men reprint? No, just
a reminder (7) 16 Former currency in Europe
set aside (6) 18 What you might do with a
garden figure (5) 20 Weapon caught, in the
way (5) 21 Knowingly included limb
(4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Informal eatery (9) 6 Base (3) 8 Select, follow (5) 9 French wind (7) 10 Oriental wind (8) 11 Hindu dress (4) 13 Amount (6) 14 Acid or alkali tester (6) 17 Disconnect (4) 19 Rich white sauce (8) 22 Jazz piano style (7) 23 Arrest (3,2) 24 Allow (3) 25 Magnificent (9)
DOWN
1 Break off (5) 2 Drifting debris (7) 3 Lurched (8) 4 Noise of thunder (6) 5 Additionally (4) 6 Immature insect (5) 7 Rubber boots (7) 12 Atrophied (8) 13 Impartial (7) 15 Keepsake (7) 16 Old Spanish coin (6) 18 Finger or toe (5) 20 Cavalry spear (5) 21 Aeroplane part (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Advertising; 9 Etc; 10 Hereafter ; 11 Outbreak; 12 Yarn; 14 Fiscal; 16 Loofah; 18 Tour; 19 Straddle; 22 Albatross; 23 Rev; 24 Teacher’s pet.
Down: 2 Ducat; 3 Ethereal; 4 Turban; 5 Sear; 6 Not half; 7 Let off steam; 8 French leave; 13 Molasses; 15 Stumble; 17 Strobe; 20 Dirge; 21 Otic.