TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Military protector on shore
duty (9)
6 Express disapproval that period of prosperity doesn ’ t end (3)
8 Force in certain strong
forward movement (5) 9 General hospital room
away from the wind (7) 10 Begrudged plant having
being posted internally (8) 11 Come together noisily for
share (4)
13 Foolish to exploit directions
to one inside (6)
14 Ruin drink on border (6) 17 Water container is a funny
target (4)
19 Problem keeping headless
girl with one element (8) 22 Circulate law to UK and
leave suddenly (4,3)
23 In course of quarrel I cracked historical object (5)
24 Jump in, lose five, and end
(3)
25 Female performers with
long locks on the bill (9)
DOWN
1 Resale turns up part of light
beam (5)
2 Anticipated change of
wares (7) 3 Most leafy trees gent
nearly chopped (8) 4 Recovered right away
when united (6)
5 Gold reward attracted
internally (4)
6 Fire jacket has no
resistance (5)
7 Vegetable that’s not fresh
for chum (3,4)
12 Casual start to competition by a heartless match official (8)
13 Be wound round but not
subdued (7)
15 Sell rig around metal
screens (7)
16 Month with alien band (6) 18 In a nutshell, utterly
reversed material (5) 20 Jeers at headless artists’
garments (5)
21 Nonsense written on a duty
list (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Pool attendant (9) 6 Barrack (3)
8 Great wave (5) 9 Downwind (7) 10 Begrudged (8) 11 Dole (out) (4) 13 Foolish (6)
14 Border (6)
17 Barrel, cask (4) 19 Dietary mineral (8) 22 Go on strike (4,3) 23 Ancient artefact (5) 24 Gaming cube (3) 25 Female thespians (9)
DOWN
1 Amplified light (5) 2 Anticipated (7)
3 Least ripe (8)
4 Affiliated (6)
5 Attracted (4)
6 Fierce fire (5)
7 Friendly but dated form of
address (3,4)
12 Unworried (8)
13 Not bent (7)
15 Lattices (7) 16 Seven-piece group (6) 18 Fine silk net (5)
20 Derides (5)
21 Cycle of duties (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Influential; 9 Wed; 10 Bookshelf; 11 Virtuo(US)so; 12 Bode; 14 Locker; 16 Sneeze; 18 Hull; 19 Lone wolf; 22 Imprudent; 23 Tic (Tick); 24 Contretemps.
Down: 2 Nadir; 3 Laboured; 4 Egoist; 5 Test; 6 Anemone; 7 Swivel chair; 8 After-effect; 13 Unsettle; 15 Calypso; 17 Cohere; 20 On top; 21 Curt.