Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Is seen twice after credit

crunch (6)

5 Complainer Romeo in bad

cough (6)

8 Cat turned up with mum

(4)

9 Terribly bad one having

Blanchett resign? (8) 10 Cop abroad in garden

nobbled me (8)

11 Seat in Devonshire Arms

(4)

12 Male, extremely eloquent,

finds slug (6)

15 Corrupt, sleeping over,

Salome drained (6) 17 Bolan was one right into

rainwear (4)

19 Meal in Chunnel poor:

nothing eaten (8) 22 Whose part in drama is

telling? (8)

23 Old part in Moonage

Daydream (4) 24 Recollecti­on of hilly Rome

maybe coming back (6) 25 Planes kept here hover by

a river (6)

DOWN

2 Cheeky make-up product

(5)

3 Conservati­ve into footwear causing gossip (7)

4 Right to support celebrity

skin-basher (5)

5 Deities finish blessing (7) 6 Film award for

Hammerstei­n? (5)

7 Sword injured young

woman (7)

13 Ignorant girl fighting English

(7)

14 Writer in chaos lost

plaything (7) 16 Disappoint­ed sunseeker's

comment in country? (7) 18 Hold contents of vehicle

on journey (5)

20 Direction found in

dissertati­on or thesis (5) 21 Nothing fantastic in Greek

letter (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Decisive moment (6) 5 Grumpy person (6) 8 Mountain predator (4) 9 Renounce throne (8) 10 French policeman (8) 11 Bring up (4)

12 Round for gun (6) 15 Cheapen (6)

17 French male name (4) 19 Midday repast (8) 22 Commentato­r (8) 23 Ancient (4)

24 Power to recall (6) 25 Aircraft shed (6)

DOWN

2 Blusher (5) 3 Public outrage (7) 4 Drummer Ringo (5) 5 Boon (7)

6 Male name (5) 7 Curved weapon (7) 13 Oblivious (7) 14 Russian author (7) 16 Oil-rich sheikhdom (7) 18 Payload (5) 20 Compass point (5) 21 Alpha's opposite (5)

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