TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Caustic joke by bloke (7) 5 None found in small

department store (5) 8 Snug, like a miser (5) 9 Don’t vote with a black

mark (7)

10 Scoring feat with magician

and rabbit? (3-5)

11 Lied about being out of

work (4)

13 Hair fixer for heavy

wave (6)

15 Gambler improved (6) 18 Wise person finding

herb (4) 19 Grounds for changing

men's diet (8)

22 General about to

expand (7)

23 Problem struck church (5) 24 Canoe moves two

ways (5)

25 Some lad or man that's

sleeping (7)

DOWN

1 One who throws a jug (7) 2 Near end of twilight, or

beyond it? (5)

3 See irate characters in

restaurants (8)

4 Canter round in an

abstracted manner (6) 5 Money needed to make

party quiet (4)

6 Show of praise mine,

accepting praise (7) 7 Perhaps past showing the

strain (5)

12 Crack code that’s rich and

deep, cryptically (8) 14 Yell about grabbing girl in

lawful manner (7) 16 Vermin caught on top of the strange toothed device (7)

17 Old story afoot? (6) 18 Talk of second summit (5) 20 Surplus in next ration (5) 21 Long walk starts to tire

ramblers, every kind (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Acid, sharp (7)

5 Bus garage (5)

8 Close, compact (5) 9 Avoid alcohol (7) 10 Bowler’s three wickets in a

row (3-5)

11 Do nothing (4)

13 Big wave (6)

15 ___ the devil you know,

common saying (6)

18 ___ and onion, stuffing

flavour (4)

19 Deposit (8)

22 Expand (7)

23 Fasten (5)

24 Canoe made of skins (5) 25 Asleep (7)

DOWN

1 Ewer (7)

2 ‘Silent’ ___, Christmas

carol (5)

3 Bistros, cafes etc (8) 4 Cataleptic state (6) 5 Lolly, brass (4) 6 Enthusiastic approval (7) 7 Anxious (5)

12 Break the code of (8) 14 According to the law (7) 16 Design of screwdriver (7) 17 Popular myth (6) 18 Communicate with the

voice (5)

20 Actor in a crowd scene (5) 21 Journey on foot (4)