TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Suggests one is gripped by

simple design (7)

5 Shook off boxers s blows

(5)

8 Animal from English terrain

(5)

9 Spun stick round gallery (7) 10 Heavenly body affected

radio set (8)

11 Conceal animal skin (4) 13 Children choose to soak

through (6)

15 Still relaxed (2,4)

18 Quiet deed brings

agreement (4) 19 Ousted despot won’t,

oddly, retire (4,4) 22 Animal doctor near injured

warhorse (7)

23 Nothing in sin, but the

power of speech (5)

24 A Scot composed opera

(5)

25 Eastern eccentric appears

sincere (7) DOWN 1 Lire exchanged also for the

country (7)

2 Design foremost of toys

for factory (5)

3 Incited around, right inside

roundabout (8) 4 Raid store again when I’m

inside (6)

5 Detest man at heart (4) 6 Silhouette revealed, on

track (7)

7 South border grass (5) 12 Take five in poorest sort of

short break (8)

14 Stirs up former views, we

hear (7)

16 Brown: man taking line in

geometry (7)

17 Attitude can’t be altered in

the south-east (6)

18 Turn round to bigwig? (5) 20 I love stewed fruit (5) 21 Song some hear, I assume

(4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Suggests (7)

5 Clasps (5)

8 South African antelope (5) 9 Spun (7)

10 Minor planet (8)

11 Conceal (4)

13 Soak through (6)

15 Not moving (2,4) 18 Agreement (4)

19 Resign from office (4,4)

22 Seasoned soldier (7) 23 Means of speech (5) 24 Puccini opera (5) 25 Sincere (7) DOWN 1 The Emerald Isle (7) 2 Put in the ground (5) 3 Roundabout (8) 4 Quick raid (6) 5 Detest (4) 6 Silhouette (7) 7 Marsh grass (5) 12 Break in a journey (8) 14 Stirs up (7) 16 Digression (7) 17 Upright position (6) 18 Fulcrum (5) 20 Cocktail fruit (5) 21 Operatic song (4)