TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

1 Not entirely happy with

harsh dessert (6-5) 9 Almost the shape of eggs

(3) 10 Woolly mice Peri’s beaten!

(9) 11 He’s going around Leeds,

surprisingly incautious (8) 12 Small case kept in perpetuity (4) 14 Work party (6) 16 Dairy product announced

before snapper? (6) 18 Specific word to spell (4) 19 Glen new to US spies at

Spanish city (8) 22 Jen’s conceded that

somewhat settled (9) 23 Shelter swimmer doing

backstroke (3) 24 One helping with wild

salon sprees (11)

2 I tear around, being very

angry (5) 3 Something difficult to manage preliminary test (5,3) 4 Meal tapers off (6) 5 Sounded frail for some time

(4) 6 Letter, ie, spelt out (7) 7 Precisely directed at landlord (2,3,6) 8 Considered not to be accidental at start of day (11) 13 Mum is more embarrassed

by paper destroyer (8) 15 Cake is thanks to espressomaker (7) 17 Crazy hat for a reckless

person? (6) 20 Boss holds ends of lyrical

instrument (5) 21 Sharpen new garden tool

outside (4) map-book (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Pleasant with a tinge of

regret (6-5) 9 Egg cells (3) 10 Blurred, woolly (9) 11 Incautious (8) 12 Needle case (4) 14 Toil (6) 16 Cheddar, eg (6) 18 Expression (4) 19 Spain’s third largest

city (8) 22 Firmly settled (9) 23 Shelter (3) 24 Shop worker (11)

DOWN

2 Angry (5) 3 Experiment (5,3) 4 Feast (6) 5 Seven days (4) 6 Missive (7) 7 Exactly (2,3,6) 8 Pondered (11) 13 Machine for destroying

documents (8) 15 Coffee-shop worker (7) 17 Crazy, reckless (6) 20 Large stringed instrument

(5) 21 Sharpen (4)