TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Superhero keeps duck for gondolier (7)

5 Row close to huge wave (5)

8 Helot rebuilt lodging-house (5)

9 Wretched dad at home with bad flu (7)

10 Irish in a ship or 747? (8)

11 Obscure as Albarn's band (4)

13 One who steals £1 (6)

15 Britney's weapons? (6)

18 Man carrying large pan (4)

19 Do call (8)

22 Performer in part is terrible (7)

23 Eastern girl embracing new result (5)

24 Song dreadful about Gove initially (5)

25 Money put into West End ’ s opening show (7)

DOWN

1 Drat! Showers in an Arab kingdom! (7)

2 Church feature to change we hear (5)

3 Men touring 504 islands? (8)

4 Small drink for each child (6)

5 Egyptian port mentioned (4)

6 Twin boys first to assess forage crop (7)

7 The French in their way sent up Swiss scientist (5)

12 Progenitors going up and down plain (8)

14 Official document a hit perhaps (7)

16 Genuine one in screen adaptation (7)

17 Screech from comedian (6)

18 Second daughter holding in brown stomach (5)

20 Dramatist sent up in Sterne's biography (5)

21 Yours truly will speak for Sheppey say (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Bargee (7)

5 Increased quantity (5)

8 Inn (5)

9 Distressing (7)

10 Passenger plane (8)

11 Smudge (4)

13 One pound (6)

15 Asparagus servings (6)

18 Criticise severely (4)

19 Formal event (8)

22 Entertainer (7)

23 Follow on (5)

24 Funeral hymn (5)

25 Afternoon performance

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DOWN

1 Oil-rich sheikhdom (7)

2 Chancel table (5)

3 Indian Ocean nation (8)

4 Little boy (6)

5 Uttered (4)

6 Fodder plant (7)

7 Calculus pioneer (5)

12 Seemingly true (8)

14 Written constitution (7)

16 Free from deceit (7)

17 Piercing cry (6)

18 Kiosk (5)

20 Norwegian playwright (5)

21 Sea-girt land (4)