TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A son’s sure to find out (9) 6 Fetch a bit of luggage,

travelling (3) 8 Strong dislike of piano off

stage (5) 9 Pair to put forward present

(7) 10 Confiscate Chinese meal,

for example (8) 11 Network in some shed (4) 13 Opening released back to

front (6) 14 Prepared for publication –

it is indeed corrected (6) 17 Fat fellow with workspace

(4) 19 Type of bridge to carry

support (8) 22 Cook pie and smoke with

gourmet (7) 23 Pint ‘e spilt, being clumsy

(5) 24 Vessel in Lake Geneva (3) 25 Ban hurt my wicked

apocryphal story (5,4)

DOWN

1 Roughly fight following

army leader (5) 2 Insect’s game (7) 3 Searches in confusion for

strange, strange games (8) 4 Seem to listen to software

(6) 5 Almost nobody to be seen

at twelve o’clock (4) 6 Faux pas at noisy flat (5) 7 Put a flame to portion

of Camembert or

Cheddar (7) 12 Taking up new potion

following commercial (8) 13 Cheap-rate mountaineering here? (3-4) 15 Essay includes old stage

play (7) 16 Fantastic Brazilian leader,

fantastic! (6) 18 Copying a sharp ringing

sound (5) 20 King to score on boat (5) 21 Short skirt for score draw,

say (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Determine (9) 6 Acquire (3) 8 Hatefulness (5) 9 Submit (7) 10 Confiscate (4,4) 11 Fine net (4) 13 Air vent (6) 14 Abridged (6) 17 Excess weight (4) 19 Whale species (8) 22 Gourmet (7) 23 Awkward (5) 24 Barrel (3) 25 Modern anecdote? (5,4)

DOWN

1 Approximately (5) 2 Summer sport (7) 3 Hunts around (8) 4 Become visible (6) 5 Midday (4) 6 Blunder (5) 7 Set afire (7) 12 Acceptance, espousal (8) 13 Cheap-rate (3-4) 15 Sad drama (7) 16 Breathtaking (6) 18 Copying (5) 20 Small two-masted vessel

(5) 21 Ballet skirt (4)