TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sandwich in package (4) 4 Swineherd always seen in celebration? (8) 8 Sailor posted as missing (6) 9 No longer trendy: lot had changed (3,3) 10 One to suppress unwanted report on firing? (8) 12 Exquisite parts in Winchester area (4) 13 Batman chopped a little chicken (6) 15 Parents going around an isthmus? (6) 17 Cricketers in retirement having go (4) 19 Awfully silly to a true friend? (8) 21 Elitist sent back excellent miniature (6) 22 Perform with musical style (6) 23 Framework in novel Ken reworked (8) 24 Tibetan animal carries North American (4)

DOWN

2 Some grab Bible scholar (5) 3 Excuse used before arrival of phone messaging (7) 4 Fresh from oven and in great demand (3) 5 Subject mixing hype with aggro (9) 6 Sliding calculator? (5) 7 This makes Presbyterian best in prayer (7) 11 Beef optimal: can emptied out (9) 14 Picture shows R2 boarding boat (7) 16 Veto taking over year to satisfy one abroad (7) 18 Bloke seen in pub as I left (5) 20 Sand in storm covers uranium in country (5) 22 Feathery layer some strengthened (3)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Enfold (4) 4 Scottish festival (8) 8 Inattentive (6) 9 Outmoded (3,3) 10 Gun muffler (8) 12 Uncommon (4) 13 Small fowl (6) 15 Great canal (6) 17 Pierce (4) 19 Orangeman, e.g. (8) 21 Tree-dwarfing art (6) 22 Coiffure (6) 23 Bones (8) 24 Sharp pull (4)

DOWN

2 Synagogue official (5) 3 Ostensible reason (7) 4 Spicy (3) 5 Study of earth's features (9) 6 Venomous snake (5) 7 Letter puzzle (7) 11 Ailment (9) 14 Graphics (7) 16 Cancel out (7) 18 Culinary herb (5) 20 African nation (5) 22 Female bird (3)