Sunday Times

2-Speed Crossword

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CRPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Intent on having a holiday? (7, 3) 8 Gloat from the 3rd line of seats (4) 9 Enormous defeat (8) 10 Contemptib­le deficiency disease (6) 11 Can let eccentric in such window (6) 12 Was Pythagoras able in part to see? (3) 13 It’s not sparkling for all that (5) 15 Water flowers (5) 17 Decide to love exercise (3) 19 Look daggers at German leader down there (6) 21 Cockney port offering a shady retreat (6) 23 Quite a bit of justice (4, 4) 24 Right to help with sudden incursion (4) 25 You can’t say his films lack animation (4, 6) DOWN 2 First month passed on bed of fruit (7) 3 Ability to produce energy (5) 4 An absence of manners? Not at all (6) 5 Ought to make a comeback in speech (6) 6 Led to the top when adopted (5, 2) 7 Feel it may have a meaning (5) 14 A mean forehand denotes being uncultured (7) 16 A coach I have found foul-mouthed (7) 17 Trial of a drunken loader (6) 18 Back of cart newsman followed (6) 20 Had tendency to join the French worker (5) 22 Hospital for men with titles (5) COFFEE TIME ACROSS 1 Under canvas (7, 3) 8 Bird (4) 9 Beating (8) 10 Despicable (6) 11 Surgical knife (6) 12 Agent (3) 13 Calm (5) 15 Sprinkle (5) 17 Choose (3) 19 Scowl (6) 21 Bower (6) 23 Just bargain (4, 4) 24 Invasion (4) 25 Cartoon filmmaker (4, 6) DOWN 2 Fruit (7) 3 Authority (5) 4 In no manner (6) 5 By word of mouth (6) 6 Lifted (5, 2) 7 Perception (5) 14 Not intellectu­al (7) 16 Offensive (7) 17 Severe test (6) 18 Shadowed (6) 20 Inclined (5) 22 London hospital (5)

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