TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Funny people to fall for a

cartoon (5,5)

8 A Glaswegian, say, leaving

a racecourse (5)

9 New general is to go into

details (7)

10 Everlasting bird in pickled

ale (7)

11 Leader of police during

swoop is quick (5) 12 Nearly entering plain during

hours of darkness (9) 15 Additional casual actor (5) 17 Snooty having food and

drink outside (5-2) 19 First home, one with tail

wagging (7)

20 Sketch back of kitchen

that’s closed (5)

21 State of financial comfort is what the postman wants! (4,6)

DOWN

2 Copper goes into one,

with perfect timing (2,3) 3 Highly concentrated in the

past, perhaps (7)

4 Men ill at sea, good sailor on board produces reviving potion (8,5)

5 Means of measuring a

sovereign (5) 6 Soldier exercises on top of

the low wall (7)

7 Chaps, with bit of

discipline, get better (4) 8 Highest point found by

primate with cross (4) 12 Sketch unfashionable bar

(7)

13 Sink in ground, ground

round the East (2,5) 14 Rotate small fastener (4) 15 Wicked demon beheaded

(4)

16 Sign of tooth decay, crown

off (5)

18 Wretch found in part of

church, we hear (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Cartoon sequence (5,5) 8 Berkshire race meeting (5) 9 Expand (7)

10 Everlasting (7)

11 Brisk (5)

12 Between one day and the

next (9)

15 Actor in a crowd scene (5) 17 Aloof (5-2)

19 First (7)

20 (Had) sketched (5) 21 Affluent situation (4,6)

DOWN

2 At the right moment (2,3) 3 Concentrated (7)

4 Potion to sniff if you faint

(8,5)

5 Aid to drawing a straight

line (5)

6 Castle’s wall-like barrier

(7)

7 Fix (4)

8 Acme (4) 12 Basic sketch (7)

13 Fail (of a company) (2,5) 14 Biased presentation of

news (4)

15 Villainous (4)

16 Ram of the zodiac (5) 18 Jack in a deck of playingcards (5)