TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Creed I’d somehow

disparaged (7)

5 Some job is onerous,

seeking wild ox (5)

8 One allowed to go round

northern bay (5) 9 Behaviour of minority

groups with no female (7) 10 Distorted view of attempt

to snatch a garment (8) 11 Medicine unopened –

complaints appear (4) 13 Spotted Dorothy before

Edward (6)

15 Central position of two old

pennies in the distance (6) 18 Sailing boat heard sharp

cry (4)

19 Deceives damsel in distress

about island (8) 22 Frightened about king

that’s wounded (7) 23 Sufficient beer to drown

politician (5) 24 Comfortable copper

retiring (5)

25 Bird may be crossing? (7)

DOWN

1 Daughter split before

journalist strayed (7) 2 Alice transforms her! (5) 3 Overdrawn, in that place,

five hundred (2,3,3) 4 Draws up gusts of wind,

audibly (6)

5 Nocturnal animals attack

going backwards (4) 6 Went fast carrying fuel,

messed up (7)

7 Protruding mug

components? (5)

12 Part of a factory football

team (8)

14 Mad Hatter ’ s menaces (7) 16 Festival northern? No! (7) 17 Make tense finish (4,2) 18 Simple graduate’s in

charge (5)

20 Like little photo of jelly (5) 21 Carrier right into river (4)