TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Exit scene dramatically
for a living (9) 6 Convict American girl
who’s sent back (3) 8 Barrier for dealer in
stolen property (5) 9 Best-kept diet, it’s awful!
(7) 10 Could be another’s fishing
ground (5,3) 11 Part of car to try out on
first excursion (4) 13 Coins thrown around a
gaming house (6) 14 Saw and rule mostly snapped by carpenter’s mate (6) 17 Chance that in winter I
skate (4) 19 Became aware that actual
side is replaced (8) 22 Fierce oil explosion in
duct (7) 23 Little time amid awful fear
then (5) 24 Nothing found in vanilla
(3) 25 Old boy, poisonous and
offensive (9)
DOWN
1 Gamine appears in part of
novel finale (5) 2 Takes no notice of dev
astated regions (7) 3 Support night shifts as
part of growing up (8) 4 Upturned stone vessel for
spice (6) 5 Send round objects (4) 6 Cautious boy on railway
(5) 7 Collects and sorts out the
rags (7) 12 List next to the French pic
tures (8) 13 Two vehicles parked out
side a holiday home (7) 15 Knight knocked back German name, seeking Italian dish (7) 16 Unit of force of small
weight in inert gas (6) 18 Reel closed curves up
(5) 20 Races to game (5) 21 Girl’s love for superstar
(4)
ACROSS
1 State of being (9) 6 Cover (pipes) (3) 8 Garden barrier (5) 9 Best-kept (7) 10 Waters off eastern
Britain (5,3) 11 Wheel cover (4) 13 Gambling club (6) 14 Seal-like mammal (6) 17 Endanger (4) 19 Became aware (8) 22 Savage (7) 23 Behind (5) 24 No score (3) 25 Really unpleasant (9)
DOWN
1 Fairy-like (5) 2 Disregards (7) 3 Growing molars etc (8) 4 Aromatic spice (6) 5 Boundaries (4) 6 Distrustful (5) 7 Amasses (7) 12 Still-life displays (8) 13 Holiday home (7) 15 Italian rice dish (7) 16 SI unit of force (6) 18 Bobbin (5) 20 Pub game (5) 21 Brave man (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Membership 8 Flora 9 Utopian 10 Cheated 11 Sense 12 Dry sherry 15 Rebec(ca) 17 Contort 19 Art Deco 20 Osier 21 Stock-still
Down: 2 Evoke 3 Beastly 4 Round the clock 5 Hooks 6 Pliancy 7 Knee 8 Face 12 Debates 13 Ring out 14 Star 15 Read 16 Credo 18 Oriel