TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Runs a live broadcast that’s suitable for all cinema-goers (9) 6 Colourant said to perish (3) 8 Fill with joy when European behind time (5) 9 Sort of verbose counterpart (7) 10 Herb swallowing tablet needs leak (8) 11 It’s a blended drink (4) 13 Foolish person first to give support (6) 14 Sheriff’s men on time for hot milk drink (6) 17 Drop everything to go after female (4) 19 Large number of handouts distributed (8) 22 Once more bring together disorderly retinue (7) 23 Bandit took some of the same again (5) 24 Look south-east, then east (3) 25 See dam put in order that’s misted over (7,2)

DOWN

1 Employers are those who take advantage (5) 2 Characters on the slope? (7) 3 Watch tumbler with a monocle (8) 4 Unfortunate dog set to get heavy food (6) 5 Intense emotion is nothing (4) 6 Moves quickly to get little missiles (5) 7 Poet with one leg is taken inside (7) 12 Mineral almost superfluous in plant stem (8) 13 Ratifies run up in a manuscript (7) 15 Initiated and jumped (7) 16 Dairy product announced before snapper? (6) 18 Insect— girl doesn’t want one (5) 20 Reject inner circle and wilt (5) 21 Strikes successful songs (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Global (9) 6 Artificial colour (3) 8 Fill with joy (5) 9 Coin’s head side (7) 10 Overflow (8) 11 Fizzy wine (4) 13 Abet (6) 14 Hot milk and ale (6) 17 Autumn in America (4) 19 Ten times a hundred (8) 22 Bring back together (7) 23 As above (5) 24 Behold (3) 25 Extremely angry (7,2)

DOWN

1 Employers (5) 2 Sloping type (7) 3 Monocle (8) 4 Fattening food (6) 5 Adoration (4) 6 Pub game (5) 7 Composer of sad poems (7) 12 Mineral with abrasive properties (8) 13 Attests (7) 15 Began (7) 16 Cheddar or Stilton, eg (6) 18 Parasitic insect (5) 20 Sag (5) 21 Knocks (4)