Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Subject of article in crafty

imam’s act (11)

9 Subject to lie following

greeting (7)

10 Let everyone have debts

endlessly (5)

11 Frozen, sheltered by green

umbrella (4)

12 Charge to sling out

emotions (8)

14 Cleverly conceal slow

start in song (5)

15 Nothing agreeable put

aside (2,3)

20 Disturbanc­e may have Paul upset (8)

22 Could start mixing any

colour (4)

24 Dance, caught by music

on game-show (5) 25 Discusses arrangemen­t

of bed and seat (7)

26 Easy target, not standing

for score of nought (7,4)

DOWN

2 Expects fool to lead injured emus (7) 3 Labourer's box contains old American bonnet (4) 4 Chaos when plant’s in front of border (6) 5 Country had Latin to translate (8) 6 Boy caught lion out (5) 7 Upset when I complain (5) 8 Stylish sound of curtains being drawn (5) 13 Nice yokel holding line (8) 16 Mysterious tomb with diamonds lacking finish (7) 17 Charlatan heard from Donald? (5) 18 Switch her, and set (6) 19 Can I see round plant? (5) 21 Some North Indian language (5) 23 After barking, every dog initially sleeping? (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Science of spatial and numerical relationsh­ips (11) 9 Account of past events (7) 10 Grant permission (5) 11 Anaestheti­sed (4) 12 Emotions (8) 14 Devotional hymn (5) 15 Deferred indefinite­ly (2,3) 20 Momentous change (8) 22 Greenish-blue (4) 24 Dance involving a line of people (5) 25 Formal arguments (7) 26 Defenceles­s thing or person (7,4)

DOWN

2 Presuppose­s (7) 3 Head-covering (4) 4 Chaos (6) 5 Country bordering Vietnam (8) 6 ___ Firth, ‘The King’s Speech’ star (5) 7 Complain, moan (5) 8 Fashionabl­e or posh (5) 13 Agreeable (8) 16 Enigmatic (7) 17 Charlatan (5) 18 Solidify (6) 19 Plant with liquorice-flavoured seeds (5) 21 Indian language (5) 23 Resting (4)

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