TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Rice, graduate ’ s mother
wants it back (7)
8 Journalist taken in by posh
language (7)
9 Dog leaps in, playfully (7) 10 Clever to hide £1 inside
pottery (5)
11 Runs alive around
everywhere (9)
14 Italian capital is back in my
recollection (6)
15 Governed by the fourth
regulation? (5)
16 Lie in the warmth with
extraterrestrial container (6) 20 Composer with Parisian grey
copper’s coat (9)
23 Stick put right inside lifting
machine (5)
24 Young flower bored us
terribly (7)
25 Normal location doesn’t
finish off newcomer (7) 26 Goads with sharp objects
(7)
DOWN
1 Fight when put up on
transport (4-2)
2 Attic’s untidy still (6) 3 Sprightly American soldier
covered in beer (5) 4 Pieces of land mentioned
in Memphis lesson (5) 5 Decoration had shortly, we hear, been interfered with (7)
6 Tailor-made bridge (6) 7 Talkative and spiteful about
hotel (6)
12 Road right out here, finally
(5)
13 In the morning, stop change
(5)
15 Be esteemed always in
scarlet (7)
16 Starter of beef with spice
produced muscle (6) 17 Initially short wait for
twinkling in the sky (6) 18 Clannish Brazilian leader
involved in ordeal (6) 19 Private remarks from assistants holding squadron leader (6)
21 Some explorer unnecessarily
has to go again (5) 22 Offspring a matter of
contention (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Variety of Indian rice (7) 8 From Stockholm? (7) 9 Breed of dog (7) 10 Dutch pottery (5) 11 Global (9) 14 Recollection (6) 15 Controlled (5)
16 Punnet (6)
20 Patina on copper (9) 23 Large hoist (5) 24 Immature flower (7) 25 Arriviste (7)
26 Goads (7)
DOWN
1 Brawl (4-2) 2 Constant, fixed (6) 3 Flexible (5)
4 Dots of land (5) 5 Butted in (7) 6 Bridge in Venice (6) 7 Gossipy (6) 12 Course (5)
13 Alter (5)
15 Adored (7)
16 Arm muscles (6) 17 Stellar (6) 18 Clannish (6)
19 Stage whispers (6) 21 Race again (5) 22 Edition (5)