2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Left unpaid, gets in arrears (7) 5 A less unusual form of marine life (5)

8 The set is moved to these locations (5)

9 A warm greeting is much appreciated (7)

10 Has a fit when one sees the new dress? (5, 2)

11 Might, alternatively, be the civic leader (5)

12 Consequence of breaking rules and getting finally caught (6)

14 Not accustomed to seeing you and I in the nude? (6) 17 Calling it filthy is terribly cruel (5)

19 Reluctant to save (7)

22 It’s boring working outside (7)

23 Foreign film title (5)

24 How many practise Buddhism? (5)

25 Cleaning makes them dirtier than they were before (7)

DOWN

1 Start editing the notes (5) 2 Necessitates having a listen (7)

3 They can be slipped in the back (5)

4 She’d wade in, anyway (6) 5 On one’s own, one day, with the king (7)

6 Depart in pain (7)

7 Reed has been bundled up to be cut (7)

12 Told to get it altered, maybe (7)

13 Rest and be idle now? (3, 4) 15 Waiting at the church? (7) 16 Taken from the paper (6) 18 Sounds as though the bounder is in Spain (5)

20 To see these in a ship is normal (5)

21 Discover nests with the birds in them (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Late (7)

5 Marine animals (5)

8 Plots of building land (5) 9 Greet (7)

10 Tests for fit (5, 2)

11 Civic officer (5) 12 Outcome (6)

14 In mint condition (6) 17 Money (5)

19 Reticence (7) 22 Wearisome (7) 23 Foreign (5)

24 Twelve (5)

25 Cleaning cloths (7)

DOWN

1 Attack (5)

2 Involves (7)

3 Records (5)

4 Mrs Currie? (6)

5 Legendary king (7)

6 Great pain (5)

7 Fleeced (7)

12 Of the same family (7)

13 Rest on a bed (3, 4)

15 Employment (7)

16 Rubbed out (6)

18 Spanish city (5)

20 Practises boxing (5)

21 Sea eagles (5)