East Kilbride News

Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Right to boot out machine (5) 4 Scope of morning section (5) 7 Beast starts duel over embrace (3) 9 A vice tallied (6) 11 Insult indistinct­ly (4) 12 Also among pandas (3) 13 Chap to send heat below (7) 15 Collier finds hollow alluvial rock (7) 18 Last word from the cricket? (3) 19 Vera organised dance party (4) 20 Easy shot for a minder (6) 23 Are back for a long time (3) 24 Huge Elgar compositio­n (5) 25 Horror doesn’t start

to slip (5) DOWN

1 Rare mad liar unfortunat­ely in charge of ships (4,7) 2 Some poetry from Roderick (3) 3 Lowest digit? (3) 5 Fashion a slab of wood (5) 6 Muse who tolerates light? (11) 8 Border of hedges (4) 10 Free of bride (3) 13 Exclude from pub (3) 14 Nothing found in Manila (3) 16 Not once was nerve lost (5) 17 Collapsed around part of church (4) 18 Objection to returning tub (3) 21 Fired with fury (3) 22 Started with sailor (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Automaton (5) 4 Extent (5) 7 Female deer (3) 9 Concurred (6) 11 Slight (4) 12 In addition (3) 13 Under (7) 15 Ore (7) 18 Leave-taking word (3) 19 Babble (4) 20 Model (6) 23 Age (3) 24 Big (5) 25 Mistake (5) DOWN 1 Naval officer (4,7) 2 Poem (3) 3 Tip of a shoe (3) 5 Buoyant wood (5) 6 Inspiring figure (11) 8 Margin (4) 10 Disburden (3) 13 Ingot (3) 14 Zero (3) 16 At no time (5) 17 Domed recess (4) 18 Conjunctio­n (3) 21 Wrath (3) 22 Pitch (3)

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