TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8 Notable English pit not emptied (7)

9 Sailor with poem finds home (5)

10 Saintly gatekeeper's famous rabbit (5)

11 English monarch entertaining MP or Roman ruler (7)

12 Famous stage close by a railway (9)

14 Airline right to have drinking area (3)

16 Fortune Truss keeps after taxes (3)

17 Revolting pants suggested by Bertha? (3,6)

19 Disease sees lamb almost destroyed (7)

21 Entertainment round piano with English artist (5)

22 Asian politician backing female sport (5)

23 Sees gal in dance forever young (7)

DOWN

1 Led follower to create flyer (8)

2 Song played accurately with no weak point (8)

3 Look for social equal (4)

4 Hate an eccentric goddess (6)

5 Government supporter shaking party axe? (3-5)

6 Brute and tedious person in conversation (4)

7 Women’s aptitude for music or sport (4)

13 Cloudy: no blue about us (8)

14 Jewellery having its charms? (8)

15 Train seat he occupies

someone vacated (8)

18 Gloomy sergeant major in control (6)

19 Anfield footballer Sadio's hair (4)

20 Spitfire pilot outside

hospital in pain (4)

21 Finished as bridge? (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

8 Outstanding (7)

9 Domicile (5)

10 Male name (5)

11 Sovereign (7)

12 Fabulous (9)

14 Tavern (3)

16 Mesh (3)

17 Halitosis (3,6)

19 Contagious illness (7)

21 Musical drama (5)

22 First Indian PM (5)

23 Lasting forever (7)

DOWN

1 Airship (8)

2 Hermetically sealed (8)

3 Nobleman (4)

4 Greek Minerva (6)

5 Treasury contributor (3-5)

6 Philistine (4)

7 Dress in (4)

13 Vague or hazy (8)

14 Wrist ornament (8) 15 Run through (8)

18 Cheerless (6)

19 Leonine locks (4)

20 Hurt (4)

21 Six-ball cricket period (4)