TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A tune reversed in Nessun

Dorma? (4)

4 500 married in Scots

town's important event (8) 8 Posh sons, sleeping

around, were cruel (6) 9 Rare shock where Charlie

enters (6)

10 Publicise search for

weapon (3,5)

12 Dog in story for an

audience (4)

13 Rich Irish forged coin (6) 15 Poor actor allowed in

drama (6)

17 Passing mention? (4) 19 Test cases sorted out in

class (8)

21 Now no port in storm (6) 22 Seat German chap in black

mass (6)

23 Solidly built bunch of

idiots? (5-3)

24 Gave out pork pie? (4)

DOWN

2 Artist, two bishops, one

Jewish scholar (5) 3 Artist in surreal salon is

loser (4-3)

4 Covering some Israeli

dissidents (3) 5 Sunshine changed temperature in army shack (6,3)

6 Knight pierces flesh as

intended (5)

7 On about profession in

lounge (7)

11 View admissions of debt as

flippant (9)

14 Clan within hour rises for

new start (7)

16 Old woman failed trial of

marriage (7)

18 One in 200 finding

remedy? (5)

20 Person in A&E for

accommodation (5) 22 Little Elizabeth's gamble

(3)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Operatic piece (4) 4 Turning point (8) 8 Mistreated (6) 9 Uncommon (6) 10 Pellet gun (3,5) 12 Track or follow (4) 13 Wryly amusing (6) 15 The Dane (6) 17 Death notice (4) 19 University lesson (8) 21 Quickly (6) 22 Lowest point (6) 23 Stocky (5-3) 24 Was untruthful (4)

DOWN

2 Synagogue official (5) 3 Unplaced horse (4-3) 4 Pan cover (3) 5 Military shelter (6,3) 6 Deliberate (5)

7 Lie back (7) 11 Tongue-in-cheek (9) 14 Renaissance (7) 16 Nuptial (7)

18 Gin accompaniment (5) 20 Domicile (5)

22 Make wager (3)