TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Commotion caused in port

by a Jungle Book bear (10) 8 Sailing the ocean,

confused (2,3)

9 Acrobat, one capable of

holding a drink (7) 10 Performer bungling a

sitter (7)

11 Under emotional strain in

past, say (5)

12 Declaration of clear

love (9)

15 Approach chicken

enclosure and lift (3-2) 17 Renault's unusual gear

position (7)

19 Alien in street on

mountains (7)

20 Scottish landowner’s appearance in outskirts of Lichfield (5)

21 Stubborn leader,

powerful (10)

DOWN

2 Ahead, group

overturned (5) 3 Coordination shown by

one in salon, I fancy (7) 4 Person making slips in the

slips, perhaps? (13)

5 I’m to be driven through

illuminated border (5) 6 US city or country given

nothing (7)

7 Genuine regret after end

of fight (4)

8 A method is absent (4) 12 Sovereign, one almost hemmed in by demonstration (7)

13 Look into piazza,

endlessly, to see filth (7) 14 Good boy makes you

happy (4)

15 Bloomer in written work,

page missing (4) 16 Animal from Japan,

dangerous (5)

18 Check involving first of

George’s rule as king (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Commotion (10)

8 On a ship (2,3) 9 Drinking-glass (7) 10 Musician or actor (7) 11 Anxious (5)

12 Party’s statement of

policies (9)

15 ___ a bill, keep adding to

your tab (3,2) 17 Gearstick position (7) 19 Odd or weird (7)

20 Any owner of a large

estate in Scotland (5) 21 Determined (10)

DOWN

2 Anxious, tearful (5) 3 Communication between

groups (7)

4 Clumsiness in

handling (13)

5 Furthest point (5) 6 ‘___ furioso’, Vivaldi

opera (7)

7 Accurate, genuine (4) 8 Absent (4)

12 Crowned head of state (7) 13 Condition of disgusting dirt

and filth (7)

14 Happy, pleased (4) 15 England's flower

emblem (4) 16 Bamboo-eating animal (5) 18 Occupy the throne (5)