TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Go back to secluded place

(7) 5 Page found in the correct

order (5) 8 Beat system? Ponder

about it (5) 9 Italian port with less

colour, on tick (7) 10 Safe rent disagreement, this should hold things together (8) 11 Run back inside affirmatively (4) 13 Worker by the border area

of Northern Ireland (6) 15 Manages to avoid artful

tricks (6) 18 Hear of stone’s ornamental

edge (4) 19 Craft using first bit of

bacon, maybe streaky (8) 22 Girl taking staple food is

deadly sin (7) 23 Region round northern

stadium (5) 24 Reportedly had a stab at

visitor (5) 25 After vessel capsized, —

decide on carp (3-4)

DOWN

1 Almond biscuit ordered at

a fair (7) 2 Big volumes, a thousand in

small digits (5) 3 Difficult to understand

strange coteries (8) 4 Gave a gratuity and overbalanced (6) 5 Usual thing for a government to do (4) 6 Five in supportive environment produce sculpture (7) 7 Japanese artist, very loud

and unsteady (2-3) 12 Joined in but left some?

(4,4) 14 Caterer demolished row of

houses (7) 16 Heavens! Silly escapade for

bird (7) 17 Inn where clergyman

comes over in brown (6) 18 Initially police called to

minor accident (5) 20 Diverting back round fountain (5) 21 Raise 51 feet (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Pull back (7) 5 Right-hand page (5) 8 Musical beat (5) 9 Capital of Sicily (7) 10 Clip or catch (8) 11 Guitar run (4) 13 Belfast’s county (6) 15 Avoids (6) 18 Knitting stitch (4) 19 Raffia-work (8) 22 Extreme greed (7) 23 Amphitheatre (5) 24 Hotel customer (5) 25 Be petty (3-4)

DOWN

1 Almond biscuit (7) 2 Big books (5) 3 Abstruse (8) 4 Overturned (6) 5 Govern (4) 6 Engraving (7) 7 Inconstant (2-3) 12 Competed (4,4) 14 Paved area (7) 16 High-flying bird (7) 17 Hostelry (6) 18 Accident (5) 20 Rome’s famous fountain

(5) 21 Elevate (4)