TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Discussed grant by socialist (9)
6 We had to get married (3)
8 Send watch up (5) 9 In favour of English chaps being supervisors (7)
10 Reason it out for Spanish girl (8)
11 Article on Tyneside girl (4)
13 Yet Les turned out to be
hard (6)
14 Quick, and smart (6)
17 Dodgy moment when starter fails to appear (4) 19 Children’s holiday left out amid hurt (4-4)
22 Secret number outside old city junction (7)
23 Helps wild beast (5)
24 Denial from leading actress in New York (3)
25 Overwhelmed when one religious woman had romantic meeting (9)
DOWN
1 Kings and queens, perhaps, eccentric types (5)
2 Candidate, one muddled about pit (7)
3 Tiny reel bust completely (8)
4 Deny whistle-blower an Aussie truck (6)
5 Sudden run is difficult and rather tense initially (4) 6 Lady was first to get mother in (5)
7 Thickly send out to English city (7) 12 Brave, in a fraud that’s gone wrong (8)
13 Reinforce rigid bearings (7)
15 Couple happening to stop (7)
16 Possibly get a gold finish on cake (6)
18 Attack with nothing to wear outside (5)
20 Thought about us in the sea (5)
21 Short gear for small car (4)
COFFEE TIME
ACROSS
1 Had discussions (9) 6 Get married (3) 8 Dispatch (5) 9 Supervisors (7) 10 Spanish girl (8) 11 Princess Royal (4) 13 Unflinching (6) 14 Quick-tempered (6) 17 Of doubtful quality (4) 19 Short holiday from
school (4-4) 22 Secretive (7) 23 Helps (5)
DOWN
1 Kings and queens, for example (5)
2 Candidate (7)
3 Completely (8)
4 Deny (6)
5 Short arrow (4)
6 Lady (5)
7 Thickly (7)
12 Brave (8)
13 Solidify (7)
15 Stave off (7)
16 Large cake (6)
18 Sudden raid (5)
20 Pondered (5)
21 Small car (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Teaspoonful 9 Aid 10 Analgesic 11 Radiator 12 Prop 14 Narked 16 Intern 18 Apse 19 Stalwart 22 Notebooks 23 Oar 24 Consignment.
Down: 2 Ended 3 Seafarer 4 Orator 5 Nigh 6 Upsurge 7 Patron saint 8 Acupuncture 13 Uncle Sam 15 Risotto 17 Strong 20 Acorn 21 Ibis.