TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Diffusion of moss is nothing
to worry about (7) 8 Boy embraces music from
Anchorage (7) 9 Dog leaps in, playfully (7) 10 Cut off south for all time (5) 11 Candy as dessert food (9) 14 Warm man, creative (6) 15 Finer sort of way to draw a
conclusion (5) 16 Colourless compound put
back in by old boys (6) 20 Bird seed placed in tool (9) 23 Sift round west, very fast (5) 24 Wild West lawman, lively if
fresh (7) 25 Repeat there’s a point in
ragged attire (7) 26 Girl’s religious group cut into
pieces (7)
DOWN
1 Totally preoccupy deranged
bosses (6) 2 Complained when one dam
moved (6) 3 Holy person sat in trash (5) 4 Keep pound concealed for
ointment (5) 5 River Thames flowed round
pet (7) 6 Glide along with exception
ally short shirker (6) 7 Train awkwardly with un
known office item (2-4) 12 Chap, one with a fixation (5) 13 A leader still to come (5) 15 I would build a nest inside as
a substitute (7) 16 Isabel mishandled descent
(6) 17 Undivided football team? (6) 18 Fairy Godmother finally
admitted to malice (6) 19 In favour of healthy gain (6) 21 Investigated knobbly nodes
(5) 22 Strips off to rest upside down
(5)
COFFEE TIME
ACROSS
1 Liquid diffusion (7) 8 From America’s largest
state (7) 9 Floppy-eared dog (7) 10 Break off (5) 11 Sugary confection (9) 14 Cordial (6) 15 Conclude (5) 16 College’s former pupils (6) 20 Shoreline wading bird (9) 23 Quick (5) 24 County officer (7) 25 Perform again (7) 26 Analyse minutely (7)
DOWN
3 Canonised person (5) 4 Balm (5) 5 Popular rodent pet (7) 6 Idler (6) 7 Desk accessory (2-4) 12 Compulsion (5) 13 Advanced (5) 15 Alternatively (7) 16 Climb down a cliff face (6) 17 Brought together (6) 18 Dryad (6) 19 Advantage (6) 21 Nuzzled (5) 22 Pares (5)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: Con-vict(or); 5 Vital; 8 Merit; 9 Reclaim; 10 Aperitif; 11 Pert; 13 Sprout; 15 Lawyer; 18 Seek; 19 Handicap; 22 Fitness ; 23 Nears; 24 Rural; 25 Enacted.
Down: 1 Compass; 2 Norse; 3 Intrigue; 4 Turnip; 5 Vice; 6 Tragedy; 7 Limit; 12 Band (Banned) Anna; 14 Re-enter; 16 Reposed; 17 Lassie; 18 So far; 20 Craft; 21 Yell.