Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Blocked, having rushed to claim summit (7)

5 In public vehicle go to return fake (5)

8 Some Pharisees emerge (5)

9 Medic having issue about desire (7)

10 Pair touring Canada pranged Bill's motor (5,3)

11 Figures to an extent reversed? (4)

13 Senora drunkenly offers explanatio­n (6)

15 Entrap drunken mum? (6)

18 Clever as Biblical victim said to be? (4)

19 Vogue includes returning spring fashion (3,5)

22 Edited paper about to produce draft (7)

23 Neat public transport is coming back! (5)

24 Mark to score! (5)

25 Twice Frenchman in bad deals crashed (7)

DOWN

1 Escape in this car perhaps (7)

2 One between legs: potential cause of tears? (5)

3 Teardrop Explodes: killer! (8)

4 Discourage Mike: Daisy upset outside (6)

5 Harsh noise in pub: King’s Head (4)

6 Pineapple in garden English cultivated (7)

7 Worker in South Africa sees Father Christmas (5)

12 Disney film buff takes time on continent (8)

14 Frail men tend to catch illness (7)

16 Given care at another's expense? (7)

17 Loving touch scares terribly (6)

18 Like author in Poplar (5)

20 Frighten Capone with gun? (5)

21 Suggestion made in initially dark wood (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Halted (7)

5 Not genuine (5)

8 Come into being (5)

9 Navy doctor (7)

10 Police vehicle (5,3)

11 Statistics (4)

13 Motive (6)

15 Bring up (6)

18 Competent (4)

19 Clothing industry (3,5)

22 Make ready (7)

23 Intelligen­t (5)

24 Incision (5)

25 Shut with force (7)

DOWN

1 Vamoose (7)

2 Edible bulb (5)

3 Carnivorou­s animal (8)

4 Consternat­ion (6)

5 Three-masted ship (4)

6 Thrown bomb (7)

7 Xmas visitor (5)

12 Musical compositio­n (8)

14 Malady (7)

16 Dealt with (7)

17 Gently stroke (6)

18 Tree (5)

20 Warning signal (5)

21 Sprint (4)

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