2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Steel bat manufactured again as safety device (4, 4)

7 Call for band at wedding (4) 8 Footballer’s agreement to moving picture (8)

9 Put aside part of bushel? Very well (6)

10 Get ’em twice round British Legion badge (6)

11 Stick insect returns (3) 12 Engineers in plot to get relatives! (5)

14 Open mouth wide to take in right fruit (5)

16 American comes back quietly to take a meal (3) 18 So-called expert creating another din, being put out (6) 20 Comment about the gospeller? (6)

22 and 23 Jim can lay tea out for a hard-shooting woman (8) 23 See 22 (4)

24 Sweet, quiet listener has a fall (4, 4)

DOWN

1 Old Bob, being supple, has right to wriggle on belly! (7) 2 Spirit gives one a leg-up round the North (5) 3 Flatter Billy, perhaps! (6) 4 Drunken look at notice written by editor (6)

5 It’s a bit calm, we hear (5) 6 Where pressure is put on — or bias, in a way (6) 13 In conclusion, corny head could win affection (6)

15 Dad has right to cut vegetable (7)

16 Holy man ready for promotion? (6)

17 Request for a perry, oddly enough (6)

19 Little Alan goes South to mountains after old city (5) 21 Chief officer (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Car-driver’s strap (4, 4)

7 Hand ornament (4)

8 Move from place to place (8) 9 Put on to ledge (6)

10 Symbol, logo (6) 11 Rock-singer ___ Stewart (3) 12 Reproduce (5)

14 Wine fruit (5)

16 Swallow a little at a time (3) 18 Know-all (6)

20 Observe (6)

22 Disaster (8)

23 Tarzan’s girl (4)

24 Acid boiled sweet (4, 4) DOWN 1 Move like snake (7)

2 Heaven resident (5)

3 Dairy spread for bread (6) 4 Laden (6)

5 Portion (5)

6 Weather curve (6)

13 Make lovable (6)

15 Long white rootcrop (7) 16 Line, streak (6)

17 Petition (6)

19 Russian mountain range (5) 21 Rank above army captain (5) LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Forced 4 Calico 7 Laid 8 Given out 9 Expound 12 Spa 14 Abacus 15 Divers 16 Tan 18 Handled 22 Flamingo 23 Lean 24 Brandy 25 Shelve

DOWN: 1 Fall apart 2 Raise Cain

3 Doggo 4 Coven 5 Line 6 Chump 10 Plush 11 Drill 12 Speedwell 13 Assurance 17 Abler 19 Annoy

20 Dross 21 Omen