2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1,4 A judge on retiring will discontinue the struggle (4, 2, 6)

7 Traveller’s passage money (4)

8 Remove hair in torment (8) 9 Same lie can be concocted about maize (7)

12 Produce something better than cover (3)

14 Ring the French for fairground amusement (6)

15 Instrument that takes some beating (6)

16 Drawstring (3)

18 Rogue dancing in the modern style (7)

22 No development capable of a positive transformation (8)

23 Become passionate by stream (4)

24 Fit out third-grade hotel maybe (6)

25 Something on foot taken to beach by a student (6)

DOWN

1 Go and join the thing to start swinging (3, 4, 2)

2 First book to content individual (6, 3)

3 Friend gets round newsman to cycle (5)

4 Artistic discrimination that comes with experience (5)

5 Story that never loses its thread (4)

6 Sent a drunk to girl (5) 10 Divide a pound by chance (5)

11 Pole finds way down mine (5)

12 Recover invitation to visit (4, 5)

13 Individual Pole joins the Spanish workforce (9)

17 Perfect one business transaction (5)

19 Give up making hand signal we hear (5)

20 One has a nose for risky ventures (5)

21 Fleet of foot but won’t run (4)

COFFEE-TIME ACROSS 1,4 Stop making an effort (4, 2, 6)

7 Ring bell (4)

8 Anguish (8)

9 Corn cobs (7) 12 Surpass (3)

14 Game with rings (6) 15 Heavily defeat (6) 16 Bond (3) 18 Swindler (7) 22 Denial (8) 23 Scorch (4) 24 Dress (6) 25 Footwear (6)

DOWN

1 Become trendy (3, 4, 2) 2 First in a series of books (6, 3)

3 Foot lever (5)

4 Sample (5)

5 Tale (4)

6 Girl’s name (5) 10 Apportion (5)

11 Ray of light (5)

12 Awaken from unconsciousness (4, 5) 13 People employed (9) 17 Existing in the mind (5) 19 Renounce (5)

20 Visual aids (5)

21 Stuck (4)