West Lothian Courier

Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Fix yours truly in money (6) 4 Facts on English hereditary unit (4)

7 Made off with cheese (4) 8 Several Olympic sportsmen (6)

9 Work into soup recipe (4) 10 Thanks to students being huge (4)

12 Get oysters with trifles (4) 14 Not even peculiar (3)

16 Insect of character, say (3) 17 Left atmosphere in burrow (4)

20 Fellow university student gets energy from this (4) 23 Father, at home, is a nuisance (4)

24 Look for German weapon (6)

25 Mail off to city (4)

26 Small group, owing to time (4)

27 Listen out and enrol (6)

DOWN

1 Student acted oddly (5) 2 Change of address brings doctor victory (4) 3 Grumpy at the empty pen (5) 4 Girl has nothing in clink (4) 5 Use space and stratagem (6) 6 Relaxed and stopped, not having started (5)

11 It’s a new drink (4)

13 Dog left to have a look (4) 15 I fled around

European ruin (6)

16 Greek character back in bed — just like a man (5) 18 A gale disturbed some plants (5)

19 Fast ships (5)

21 Part of community (4) 22 Opposed to throwing a tin (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Building material (6) 4 Unit of heredity (4) 7 Type of cheese (4) 8 Frogmen (6) 9 Masterpiec­e (4)

10 Big (4)

12 Playthings (4) 14 Strange (3)

16 Hive dweller (3)

17 Den (4)

20 Source of energy (4)

23 Ache (4)

24 Quick look (6)

25 Peruvian capital (4)

26 Twosome (4)

27 Sign up (6)

DOWN

1 Military student (5)

2 Stir (4) 3 Bad-tempered (5) 4 Prison (4)

5 Utilise (6) 6 Loosened (5) 11 Sparkling wine (4)

13 Leer (4)

15 Sully (6) 16 Two-legged creature (5) 18 Aquatic plants (5) 19 Armada (5)

21 Item (4)

22 Against (4)

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