TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Prohibit development of remote weather forecasting device (9) 6 Member to provide

weapons (3) 8 Some job is onerous, seeking wild ox (5) 9 Trees left on curved structures (7) 10 Fabric made last, an extra

piece (8) 11 Sparkling wine part of

papa’s tipple (4) 13 Strongly disliking states,

English (6) 14 Immediately pay for about

a hundred (2,4) 17 Yield grain, we hear (4) 19 Eastern index depends on

England (4,4) 22 Embodiment of almost

heroic volume (7) 23 Distribute very much, as

discussed (5) 24 Attempt to rid ancient city

of oxygen (3) 25 By all accounts, boy purely

moved outside (9)

DOWN

1 Some rabbi blessed holy

book (5) 2 A setter about to say it

again (7) 3 Herb brings in cooked suet

– the tiniest bit (8) 4 Story not without love,

showing natural skill (6) 5 Unusual way for steak to

be done? (4) 6 Chase organised for pains

(5) 7 Girl, I’ve a letter (7) 12 Currently not moving (8) 13 Very old worker, terribly

nice at heart (7) 15 Annoyed, required to

entertain Labour leader (7) 16 Imagine, and become

friends again (4,2) 18 Regularly idle filthy goddess (5) 20 Manage to overtake (3,2) 21 Almost certain to include

old bitter (4)