TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Assail doctor in panel (7) 5 Girl with small trousers (5) 8 Gold garland below raised window (5) 9 Loser was in a hurry as well (4-3) 10 Oklahoman singer has fine points (8) 11 Recognised Newton in gardens (4) 13 Receiving attention at home, manual worker (2,4) 15 Small bays, awfully silent (6) 18 Motorway feature a hundred and one (4) 19 Sugar rare with mead when drunk (8) 22 Protects against loss at sunrise, maybe (7) 23 King’s gripped by numb fear (5) 24 Come to a similar conclusion, soundly (5) 25 Finger a large style of clock (7)

DOWN

1 Over inch out on British Airways (7) 2 Principal eastern state (5) 3 Versatile, nothing square? (3-5) 4 Person writing cheque takes prize up (6) 5 Only fair (4) 6 Order artist back to mountain chain (7) 7 Tendon raised is fresh (5) 12 Person expected to lose ground, Ed possibly? (8) 14 He’s not wrong, yet initially shows integrity (7) 16 Boys turning round can cause nasty gossip (7) 17 Made fun of model then let up (6) 18 Announcer, one in tears? (5) 20 Watchful, yet perplexed later (5) 21 Let go for nothing (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Barrage (7) 5 Casual trousers (5) 8 Bay window (5) 9 Loser (4-3) 10 Native American of Oklahoma (8) 11 Had learned (4) 13 Being acted upon (2,4) 15 Coves (6) 18 Circular pyramid (4) 19 Brown sugar (8) 22 Covers against loss (7) 23 Apprehension (5) 24 Piece of verse (5) 25 Style of clock (7)

DOWN

1 Lung air passages (7) 2 New England state (5) 3 Complete (3-5) 4 Furniture compartment (6) 5 Deserved (4) 6 Adjust (7) 7 Tendon (5) 12 Likely loser (8) 14 Integrity (7) 16 Disgrace (7) 17 Mocked playfully (6) 18 Town news-giver (5) 20 Attentive (5) 21 At liberty (4)