TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Girl is a long time making
piece of mosaic (7) 8 Hospital goes in to find a
windpipe (7) 9 Bugs when hairpieces rest
on part of head (7) 10 Poseur began paying back
union money (5) 11 Ant alters novel to put it
another way (9) 14 Poor grades gained in
exam, a severe test (6) 15 Artists in south get
monsoons (5) 16 Some moss I’ll bend until
supple (6) 20 Secret plotters have new
role for Spanish gent (9) 23 Handle an odd person (5) 24 Clearly sound touring
arrangement (4,3) 25 Munster’s spooky bone (7) 26 Lose oar at sea in spray (7)
DOWN
1 Number try heartlessly to
get left inside (6) 2 Extend large meal (6) 3 Heroic tales of mixed
spice (5) 4 Bewildered in the
main (2,3) 5 Holds back festive
containers (7) 6 Struggle to breathe, with
good idea (6) 7 Shoe inside socks and a
legwarmer (6) 12 Animal left in front of
Buddhist priest (5) 13 Islands seen in Kensington
Gardens (5) 15 Swaying mythical bird and
monarch (7) 16 Insect missing, having
eaten copper (6) 17 What separates room and
river (6) 18 Goes over again about
female rabbits (6) 19 Patrol reassembled by the
entrance (6) 21 Country where morning massage was brought back (5) 22 Ship entering Liverpool in
error (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Mosaic block (7) 8 Windpipe (7) 9 Common garden
insects (7) 10 Poseur (5) 11 Interpret (9) 14 Difficult experience (6) 15 Pours down (5) 16 Nimble (6) 20 Spanish horseman (9) 23 Starting-handle (5) 24 Chime (4,3) 25 Chest bone (7) 26 Spray can (7)
DOWN
1 One score (6) 2 Array of food (6) 3 Heroic poems (5) 4 Afloat (2,3) 5 Food baskets (7) 6 Breathe noisily (6)
7 Open shoe (6) 12 Alpaca-like animal (5) 13 Pacific island group (5) 15 Swaying (7) 16 Voracious insect (6) 17 Dividing device (6) 18 Goes over again (6) 19 Doorway (6) 21 Country also called
Myanmar (5) 22 Big ship (5)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Ceramic; 5 Go off; 8 Moped; 9 Compass; 10 Hydrogen; 11 (S)Tory; 13 Retire; 15 Enzyme; 18 Prig; 19 Kneel(Neil)-(k)ing; 22 Astride; 23 Accra; 24 Yield; 25 Tutored.
Down: 1 Camphor; 2 Rapid; 3 Mediocre; 4 Cachet; 5 Game; 6 Oratory; 7 Fishy; 12 Interact; 14 Thistle; 16 England; 17 Unrest; 18 Peak(Peek)y; 20 Incur; 21 Mind (Mined).