TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8 Red produced from poor clarets (7) 9 Bread reportedly in hidden store (5) 10 Mug: I had nothing to fill it! (5) 11 Sot upset intense African creature (7) 12 Evil creature walkin' painfully without energy (9) 15 Musical talent appears in Liskeard (3) 16 Line used in smear campaign (3) 17 Smooth and white: a plant undergoing tests? (9) 20 Get intoxicated long after beer has run out (7) 22 Old Nick boards ships at anchor (5) 24 Bug trapper about to trespass (5) 25 Changed air date for broadcast (7)

DOWN

1 Book one owns about investing capital (6) 2 Business picking up? (4) 3 Flood defence god using hammer breaches (8) 4 Saunter south with giant (6) 5 Northerner first to sit on bed (4) 6 Mishap caused by stress: I'd go into it (8) 7 Bond brought in to excite the reader (6) 13 Support was hard for current reversal (8) 14 Approach faction in British Left (8) 16 Hair colour with golden glow (6) 18 Stick poster in this place? (6) 19 Commando in mountains on run (6) 21 European enthusiast up for song (4) 23 Go fast: crazy rate! (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

8 Vibrant colour (7) 9 Hoard (5) 10 Simpleton (5) 11 Flightless bird (7) 12 Mischievous imp (9) 15 Corn spike (3) 16 Curve (3) 17 Form of gypsum (9) 20 Entrance (7) 22 Devil (5) 24 Tree exudation (5) 25 Give off (heat) (7)

DOWN

1 Israelite prophet (6) 2 Black cab (4) 3 Abundance (8) 4 Slow walk (6) 5 Highlander, e.g. (4) 6 Chance (8) 7 Animal restraint (6) 13 Wake (8) 14 Closest to kerb (8) 16 Reddish brown (6) 18 Hold fast (6) 19 Forest officer (6) 21 Melody (4) 23 Rip (4)