TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Monk gets king into trouble

(7)

5 Drawing support and

comfort first from lover (5) 8 Band joining river vessel

(5)

9 Superman's pronounced

cramp (7)

10 Opening answer cheeky:

you're heard (8)

11 Vision curtailed: release

breath (4)

13 Stop advancing years

causing harm (6) 15 Imagine not starting cryptic

puzzle (6) 18 Nude appears in cabaret

(4)

19 Front drive in Wimbledon?

(8)

22 Day in lagoon floating

about in this? (7)

23 Short with German

monarch (5)

24 Guts not found in chicken?

(5)

25 Greek girl drops ecstasy

into swirling claret (7)

DOWN

1 Lines penned by directors

in post (7)

2 Snow leopard to leap? Not

initially (5)

3 Mike leaves retreat in background (8)

4 Stand in science class to

give answer (6)

5 Limits to enraged guy

expressing irritability (4) 6 Environment is declining (7) 7 Motorboat leaves area for

meal (5)

12 At home, see about dog

being anxious (8) 14 Airmen rerouted river for

seaman (7)

16 Small country on radar in

revolution (7)

17 Gypsy turns up with beer

and spirits (6)

18 Start to live on booze (5) 20 Possibly unwelcome

review of books? (5) 21 Get by lord who ran to

seize power (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Male sibling (7)

5 Painter's tripod (5) 8 Cruise ship (5)

9 Constrict (7)

10 Camera shutter (8) 11 Audible exhalation (4) 13 Vandalise (6)

15 Riddle (6)

18 Naked (4)

19 Tennis shot (8) 22 Venetian barge (7) 23 Beneath (5)

24 Boldness (5) 25 Agamemnon's daughter (7)

DOWN

1 Traffic restriction device (7) 2 Imperial measure (5) 3 Ancestry (8)

4 Snappy reply (6) 5 Jittery (4)

6 Solidifying (7)

7 Midday repast (5) 12 Not confident (8) 14 Seafarer (7)

16 Iberian principality (7) 17 Esprit de corps (6) 18 Commence (5) 20 Check on accounts (5) 21 Manage (4)