TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Small amount thrown out
of planes (11)
9 Assist one in short
commercial (3)
10 Painkiller in case gal gets
upset (9)
11 Cooler in the motor but
warmer indoors (8)
12 Stay with father around
start of rally (4) 14 Exasperated by informant
and newspaperman (6) 16 Imprison one after another,
loudly (6)
18 Part of the church is caught
in trap, seriously (4) 19 Resolute nets, round at
back (8)
22 Took bones out with
pads (9)
23 Paddle, or so we hear (3) 24 Study the mark workers put on end of first goods delivery (11)
DOWN
2 Finished having made the repair without last bit of gum (5)
3 Sailor’s fears are
disguised (8)
4 Speaker finds young
marsupial about to
swallow rodent (6) 5 Tonight there’s no infant
near (4)
6 Increases desire, that’s
swell (7)
7 Andrew, in Scotland,
playing nation’s part! (6,5) 8 Needle treatment with vessel in fishy tuna cure! (11)
13 Relative’s backing Mum to
be US model (5,3)
15 Its root is stewed for this
dish (7)
17 Powerful astronaut not having to assemble weapons (6)
20 A foot sore going to
seed (5)
21 Wader — one is found on
Beachy Head (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Small amount, in
cookery (11)
9 Assist (3)
10 Painkiller (9)
11 Room heater (8) 12 Stage equipment (4) 14 Exasperated (6) 16 Confine in a camp (6) 18 Part of a church (4) 19 Reliable supporter (8) 22 Jotters (9)
23 Paddle (3)
24 Batch of goods
delivered (11)
DOWN
2 Finished (5) 3 Marine traveller (8) 4 Speaker (6)
5 Near, poetically (4) 6 Rapid rise (7)
7 Protecting or guiding spirit
(6,5)
8 Alternative therapy using
needles (11)
13 Nickname for the
USA (5,3)
15 Italian rice dish (7) 17 Powerful (6)
20 Seed of an oak tree (5) 21 Heron-like wader (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Birthplace; 8 Polka; 9 Rapidly; 10 Rosehip; 11 Crepe; 12 Tea leaves; 15 Tower; 17 Nursery; 19 Barn owl; 20 Afire; 21 Stalactite.
Down: 2 Isles; 3 Trachea; 4 Paraphernalia; 5 Aspic; 6 Endless; 7 Hype; 8 Pert; 12 Towards; 13 Variant; 14 Byre; 15 Tube; 16 Rioja; 18 Exist.