TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
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)