2-Speed crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 A wreck may be short of money (2,3, 5) 8 Border on backward instrument (4) 9 Have mercy on chap in reserve (5, 3) 10 Frenchman takes our trains to public school (6) 11 Go to West End with French composer (6) 12 Make fun of chap (3) 13 Car firm to cease making mixture (5) 15 Poet takes another form (5) 17 Soundly condemn beast’s mother (3) 19 Virtuous she-cat confused (6) 21 A 24 at sea (6) 23 Lagging behind Tom initially on fence (8) 24 Right behind life-saver at sea (4) 24 Restore share of ticket home (6, 4)

DOWN

2 Late run possible made by non-belligerent (7) 3 Organ expected to keep up its circulation (5) 4 Getting up a revolution (6) 5 Boats before end of day become cunning (6) 6 Watch young attendant deal with percolation (7) 7 Figure at allies’ military HQ (5) 14 More unpleasant being in tears maybe (7) 16 A fluter may be lost in crying (7) 17 Part of top-grade picture to represent (6) 18 Hundreds join wrath about cattle feeding station (6) 20 English novelist capable of endurance (5) 22 One is in trouble left in this (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Served with ice-cubes (2,3, 5) 8 Wind instrument (4) 9 Player available as substitute (5, 3) 10 Native of Brittany (6) 11 Journey (6) 12 Effigy burned in November (3) 13 Mingle (5) 15 English poet (5) 17 Reservoir barrier (3) 19 Pure (6) 21 On the water (6) 23 Towing (8) 24 Floating platform (4) 25 Part of ticket for homeward journey (6, 4)

DOWN

2 Not taking sides (7) 3 Compassion (5) 4 Ascending (6) 5 Sly (6) 6 Escape by oozing out (7) 7 Form (5) 14 More horrible (7) 16 Weeping (7) 17 Portray (6) 18 Cattle trough (6) 20 Able to withstand frost (5) 22 Stagger (5)