TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Part of others should break,

or shouldn’t! (12)

9 Brief film role came to

nothing (5)

10 Ground can take in rare

movement (7)

11 Spoil something with teeth with an outer layer of cake (8)

12 Gas, none explosive (4) 14 Said to be sign of

percussion disc (6)

15 Talk much about nothing

but batter cake (6) 18 Instrument of torture to

split having lost head (4) 20 Bleak time, cooked sole

eaten (8)

23 State region endless in

operatic song (7)

24 Go in, going into shipment

erroneously (5)

25 Batsmen learn bad etiquette

(5,7)

DOWN

2 Dull noise of a bee on

instrument (7)

3 Very hot in the news about

Russian leader (8)

4 Catch parent being drunk (6) 5 Left side of ship at Dover,

perhaps (4)

6 Speak at zero speed (5) 7 Intended to pocket last of

stolen money (7)

8 Fraudulent scheme putting

coats up (4)

13 French leader negotiating loan?

Nope! (8)

14 Fruit of today, we hear (7) 16 Praise insincerely, being less

round (7)

17 State where Dave in article

brought up (6)

19 Go up cold leg, possibly (5) 21 Merit for listener at pole (4) 22 Drill for tedious person (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Designed not to break into little

pieces (12)

9 ___ role, small part for a famous

actor (5)

10 Ground, surroundings (7) 11 Almond paste used in cake

decoration (8)

12 Element used in fluorescent

lamps (4)

14 One of a pair of percussion instruments crashed together (6)

15 Batter cake baked in an iron (6) 18 Place for luggage on a train (4) 20 Unfrequented and bleak (8) 23 Raising ___, 1987 Nicolas Cage

film (7)

24 Come in (5)

25 Good behaviour when eating

(5,7)

DOWN

2 Monotonous, commonplace

(7)

3 Climate of a hot and humid

country (8)

4 Catch (6)

5 Harbour (4) 6 Declaim (5)

7 Back with funds (7) 8 Dishonest scheme (4) 13 ___ Bonaparte, French

emperor (8)

14 Small black raisin (7) 16 Compliment

exaggeratedly (7) 17 Hoover Dam’s state (6) 19 Ascend (a hill) (5)

21 Be worthy of (4) 22 Make (a hole) by drilling

(4)