TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Part of sect holding

redhead (8)

5 Be next to an objection (4) 8 Old city with care as top

priority (8)

9 Only fair (4)

11 Greek character at river

mouth (5)

12 Famous without an

index (7)

13 Chance order to go after

money (6)

15 Girl grabs information for

schedule (6)

18 Mad for fruit? (7) 19 Put your hands round father

for a drink (5)

21 Look for a religious person,

say (4)

22 Could be bad if one is

genuine (4,4)

23 Tyneside includes trendy

number (4)

24 Hospital greatly troubled

by torpor (8)

DOWN

1 Company originator to go

under (7)

2 Heavenly being makes

article come together (5) 3 Equivalent to taking first

insect quantity (10) 4 Old boy to yearn for

shape (6)

6 A drink and a biscuit (7) 7 Flyer with the foreign

name (5)

10 Form of transport put on

train (10)

14 Relative eager to make

fabric (7)

16 Day came to upset

college (7)

17 A wild horse on dry land (6) 18 Bachelor's in the dock? (5) 20 Abbey inmate

previously (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Half or quarter, eg (8) 5 Adjoin (4)

8 Immediately (8)

9 Legally fair (4)

11 Fourth Greek letter (5) 12 Celebrated (7)

13 Arbitrary (6)

15 Items of business (6) 18 Tropical fruits sold in

bunches (7)

19 Drink of tea (5)

21 Ask for (4)

22 Genuine (4,4)

23 Number of a cat's lives (4) 24 Apathy, sluggishness (8)

DOWN

1 Creator (7)

2 Guardian spirit (5)

3 Equal in value or meaning

(to) (10)

4 Four-sided figure (6) 6 American rye whiskey (7) 7 Appellation (5) 10 Old form of transport (10) 14 Buff-coloured cloth (7) 16 College (7)

17 On dry land (6) 18 Bathroom sink (5) 20 Earlier (5)