Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8 Sick bird we hear? Wrong (7)

9 An old Labour leader in the air (5)

10 Clan from Tiber spread out (5)

11 One reformed smoker irritating (7)

12 Endlessly proclaim Irish politician­s fake (7-2)

14 Hang from gallows again (3)

16 Regret shown in Peru especially (3)

17 Agreement with one playing instrument (9)

19 Scattered krone found in second lake dive (7)

21 Day ends in anger for brother (5)

22 In goalless game, United better (5)

23 Powder case is neat (7)

DOWN

1 Castro perhaps adroit moving across court (8)

2 Height from position seeing lake for first time (8)

3 Occupying zoo: great big monster (4)

4 Connected everything that is disconnect­ed at first (6)

5 Birds turned up on river to see plant (8)

6 Ultra-conservati­ve parties (4)

7 Eyelid problem, sore, that you experience­d initially (4)

13 Idiot put on weight: that's seafood (8)

14 Weapon breaks armistice endlessly (8)

15 Make green tea that's going to pot (8)

18 Plain cloth covered in mystical icons (6)

19 Drunk cuddles horse in photograph (4)

20 Vow taken in boathouse (4)

21 Note in 1975 Bowie hit (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

8 Against the law (7)

9 Astir (5)

10 Social division (5)

11 Annoying or vexing (7)

12 Falsified as charges (7-2)

14 Droop (3)

16 Feel remorse for (3)

17 Squeeze-box (9) 19 Breathing tube (7)

21 Monk (5)

22 Surpass (5)

23 Closely-grouped (7)

DOWN

1 Despot (8)

2 Elevation (8)

3 Flesh-eating giant (4)

4 Joined by treaty (6)

5 Delphinium (8)

6 Extinct Mauritian bird (4)

7 Ocular affliction (4)

13 Small sea organisms (8)

14 Curved sword (8)

15 Bring into being (8)

18 Coarse cotton (6)

19 Effort (4)

20 Solemn promise (4)

21 Celebrity (4)

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