TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8 Cobain's band in blissful

state (7)

9 A large weapon causes

fear (5)

10 Small person reportedly

shows strength (5) 11 Shakespeare unwell providing Iago’s motivation? (3,4)

12 Fish something worthless

on its own? (5,4) 15 Fortune invested in

clothing (3)

16 Outlaw some dumb animal

(3) 17 One needing floor that's hard and carpet free? (36)

20 Collapsible shield? (7) 22 Underwater menace

swimming about (1-4) 24 Mammoth damaged leg

circling a river (5)

25 Pull dustcart taking back

bottles (7)

DOWN

1 In Glamorgan I'm a

lumbering beast (6) 2 Boast keeping rook in sack

(4)

3 Swallow meat regularly for

disciplinarian (8) 4 Is a con arranged where

gamblers throng? (6) 5 Might criminal jump this

wooden bar? (4) 6 Scoundrel given bad

account of car (8)

7 Charm a Greek character

hired out (6)

13 Cranium damaged by electronic nail treatment (8)

14 Assess girl university

brought in recently (8) 16 Beelzebub, bleeding, hiding

blister (6)

18 Untouchable dad gets hair

raised (6)

19 Nonsense consumed is

spin (6)

21 Ogle the French monarch

(4)

23 Stone from old China (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

8 Perfect happiness (7) 9 Warning signal (5) 10 Power (5)

11 Animosity (3,4)

12 Edible flatfish (5,4) 15 Fate (3)

16 Prohibit (3)

17 Kelly or Astaire, e.g. (3-6) 20 Small round shield (7) 22 WW2 submarine (1-4) 24 Sizeable (5)

25 Lure or entice (7)

DOWN

1 Brutal person (6) 2 Card game (4) 3 Stickler (8) 4 Gaming premises (6) 5 Court security (4) 6 US vehicle brand (8) 7 Talisman (6)

13 Hand care (8) 14 Appraise or gauge (8) 16 Fraudulent scheme (6) 18 Outcast (6)

19 Turn about axis (6) 21 Lecherous look (4) 23 Iridescent gem (4)