TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Brace of fresh lobster (7) 5 Quartet brought in to spot
piece of turf (5) 8 Most of money soldier had
for mushrooms (5) 9 Cultivating land up to a
time (7) 10 Old weapon to traverse
front of ship (8) 11 Used badly then took to
court (4) 13 Daniel rewrote introductory passage (4-2) 15 Fellow drawing back to get
sacred text (6) 18 Sure about trick (4) 19 Car examination way over
the river (4,4) 22 Dan uses nuts in desserts
(7) 23 Bishop’s worries — can he
pay them? (5) 24 Work out alone, around
five (5) 25 Place to see dramatic
operations? (7)
DOWN
1 Like glasses with bubbly cola following back-story (7) 2 Slow or fast time —
zero (5) 3 Terrible crisis at time
dinosaurs appeared (8) 4 Rodent one gets on
allowance (6) 5 Do the French
distribute? (4) 6 Against one going over a
channel bridge (7) 7 Material model attached
to wimp (5) 12 Aristocrat, we hear, can be
worthy of praise (8) 14 Learns a new cache of
weapons (7) 16 Constable, perhaps, with
Eastern performer (7) 17 Garment sector’s to be
reorganised (6) 18 Flowers in Comoros
estate (5) 20 Splendour of intricate lace
with tidy edge (5) 21 Bar in Dundee, say (4)
COFFEE TIME
ACROSS 1 Prop up (7) 5 Golfer’s turf lump (5) 8 Mushrooms, eg (5) 9 Cultivation (7) 10 Medieval weapon (8) 11 Prosecuted (4) 13 Initial guide (4-2) 15 Buddhist chant (6) 18 Artifice (4) 19 Car try-out (4,4) 22 Elaborate ice creams (7) 23 Beaks (5) 24 Decipher (5) 25 Auditorium (7)
DOWN
1 Dual-lensed (7) 2 Slow, musically (5) 3 Geological period (8) 4 Allocation (6) 5 Handout (4) 6 Arched bridge (7) 7 Heavy cloth (5) 12 Praiseworthy (8) 14 Ammunition store (7) 16 Entertainer (7) 17 Foundation garment (6) 18 Romantic flowers (5) 20 Brilliant display (5) 21 Gateau (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Shower cap; 6 Mop; 8 Panda; 9 Returns; 10 Adorable; 11 Chum(p); 13 Called; 14 Patron; 17 East; 19 Chainsaw; 22 Shadier; 23 Extol; 24 Dip; 25 Albatross.
Down: 1 Sepia; 2 Own goal; 3 Emanates; 4 Circle; 5 Pity; 6 March; 7 Postman; 12 Manifest; 13 Creased; 15 Risotto; 16 Cherub; 18 Scamp; 20 Wells; 21 Lima.