TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Worry vote I rigged may

bring about retreat (5,5) 8 Staff making racket,

working (5)

9 Fairy tale in Cremona,

perhaps (7)

10 Us lot upset about party,

having no tickets (4,3) 11 Portly holy man dismissed

(5)

12 Fine earthenware April

once smashed (9)

15 Head back in charge in

military jacket (5) 17 Performing animal caged in

one (2,5)

19 Feeling movement after

onset of earthquake (7) 20 Audibly, audibly permitted

(5)

21 Teetotaller, one in the Navy reversing about the sea (3-7)

DOWN

2 Seasoning nobleman very

quietly put in (5) 3 Bitterness of private, we

hear (7)

4 Northern truce arranged to get past a difficulty (4,3,6)

5 Wife with mischievous kids, spineless individuals (5)

6 Knocked over when

dilapidated (3,4) 7 Speculation about learner

driver’s trouser support (4) 8 Fish in deep (4)

12 Card game, type of bridge

(7)

13 Hold back in a black spot

(7)

14 Show the way to find metal

(4)

15 Lashed bad diet (4) 16 Wrecked car in mound of

stones (5)

18 In agreement, make up (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Distant retreat (5,5) 8 Conductor’s stick (5) 9 Love affair (7)

10 No more left in the shop!

(4,3)

11 Dark ale (5)

12 Bone china (9) 15 Sleeveless knee-length

garment (5)

17 In view of the audience

(2,5)

19 Inner feeling (7)

20 For all to hear (5) 21 Person who never touches

alcohol (3-7)

DOWN

2 Essential (5)

3 Bitter feeling (7)

4 Begin to recover (4,3,6) 5 Ineffectual people (5) 6 At a low ebb (3-4) 7 Band around the waist (4) 8 Deep male voice (4) 12 Bridge or card game (7) 13 Decide not to vote (7) 14 Centre of a pencil (4) 15 Bound with rope (4)

16 ___ terrier, Scottish dog (5) 18 Make amends (5)