CRYPTIC CLUES

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Show about adult

becoming American (6) 5 Look good with spear (6) 8 Spoilt girl beheaded first

man (4)

9 What enhances appearance in Lorna, men think (8)

10 Ready for business? (4,4) 11 Trip to ancient city (4) 12 Pub fight in northern town

(6)

15 Over there in dinghy on

Derwent (6)

17 Bird in cloud overhead (4) 19 Conservative on track in

Bow Street? (8)

22 Mite in grass not moving

(8)

23 Grunge band playing here

at last shows bite (4) 24 Money group making

seedy investment? (6) 25 Find fish around river with

it (6)

DOWN

2 Popular destination in Asia

primarily? (5)

3 Essential oil bottled in

plastic amphora (7) 4 Lower farm animal into

small lake (5) 5 Mob means one takes this

route on ship (7)

6 Let in a Duke with German

(5)

7 Puzzle firm close to

London put together (7) 13 Champion bitter about job

(7)

14 One cheeky girl in

Washington city (7) 16 Used in fission: new

uranium crystal? (7) 18 Compere picked up award

for gallantry? (5) 20 Monarch embraces maturity showing enthusiasm (5)

21 Darkness close: Satan in the

middle (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Big top entertainment (6) 5 Peek (6)

8 Eve's husband (4)

9 Trinket (8)

10 Movement of money (4,4) 11 Excursion (4)

12 Market cart (6)

15 Distant but within sight (6) 17 Peace emblem (4) 19 Curved shape (8) 22 Adhering (8)

23 Boundary (4)

24 Former Spanish currency

(6)

25 Unusual item (6)

DOWN

2 Subcontinent (5) 3 Aromatic laurel (7) 4 Frown (5) 5 Aisle (7)

6 Own up to (5)

7 Befuddle (7)

13 Christian missionary (7) 14 City in Kansas (7) 16 Atomic (7)

18 Master of Ceremonies (5) 20 Ardent (5)

21 Hours after sunset (5)