TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Correct entitlement (5) 4 Aged canine excitedly tense (7) 8 Managed to fire rifle (7) 9 Liberal in Lewisham pleading (5) 10 Warble on about the drink (5,3) 12 Bad thing to rock this gravy dish (4) 14 Kind offer (6) 15 Detained holding artist's trumpet (6) 18 Fool somewhat mixed-up Europhile (4) 19 Idle Lee's cooked fish outside (8) 21 One for union to travel on bike at first (5) 22 Make shorter badger excited about one (7) 24 Sloth one near it disturbed (7) 25 Encourage hen to lay? (3,2)

DOWN

1 Welsh dish arbiter cracked (7) 2 Round container? (3) 3 Recruits dropping water into river (8) 4 AA kill drunk in compound (6) 5 Oscar draped in feline fur (4) 6 Page one is encrypted in secret work (9) 7 Flower rook dropped into red wine (5) 11 One who loves to get in the sack? (9) 13 Take part in show trial? (8) 16 Notice Cinders in transformation (7) 17 For which food monkeys go ape? (6) 18 Bud sent up excellent state (5) 20 Black tea brewed is best (4) 23 Party good to follow (3)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Prerogative (5) 4 Prehistoric (7) 8 Rob or plunder (7) 9 Easily sufficient (5) 10 Darker beer (5,3) 12 Vessel (4) 14 Sore or painful (6) 15 Presage (6) 18 Bamboozle (4) 19 Without foundation (8) 21 Wife-to-be (5) 22 Abbreviate text (7) 24 Lethargy (7) 25 Goad or incite (3,2)

DOWN

1 Cheese on toast (7) 2 Pistol or rifle (3) 3 Apprentices (8) 4 Not acid (6) 5 Varnish layer (4) 6 Spying (9) 7 Nottinghamshire river (5) 11 Wine-lover (9) 13 Run through (8) 16 Perceive (7) 17 Yellow fruit (6) 18 Gulf emirate (5) 20 Rhythm (4) 23 Canine (3)