TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Locate animal if eg RAF is

scrambled (7) 5 Mr Capone is to lead the

top celebs (1-4) 8 Carefully moved and gave

relief (5) 9 Dusk makes relative, by the sound of it, depressed (7) 10 It’s back for hire to heel (8) 11 Close to heart of knight (4) 13 One in control of a car

club (6) 15 Well lit – that’s clever (6) 18 Large trees visible in

Chelmsford (4) 19 Check bird’s valve (8) 22 Ill-prepared French article to study by close of play (7) 23 Model at home makes a

protest (3-2) 24 Brilliant success getting

150 in to dine (5) 25 Sneers at awful desire to

hold daughter (7)

DOWN

1 We hear visitor made an

estimate (7) 2 Crostini included potato

dish (5) 3 Moved nervously I’d get

fed (8) 4 Substitute keepers at zoo

enclosure (6) 5 Relative resident in

Taunton (4) 6 This work is decreasing (7) 7 Small part of shelter

beside hospital (5) 12 In favour of non-amateur

artist’s model (8) 14 I am married, verbal and

unprincipled (7) 16 Thanks to royalty for

revenue (7) 17 Remained sober, we hear

(6) 18 Dodge with eastern duel,

maybe (5) 20 Chose operation with

Theodore (5) 21 Get silly during a cold

afternoon (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Tall African animal (7) 5 Top celebs (1-4) 8 Alleviated (5) 9 Dusk (7) 10 Dagger (8) 11 Close at hand (4) 13 Car operator (6) 15 Bold, vivid (6) 18 Broadleaf trees (4) 19 Water valve (8) 22 Ill-prepared (7) 23 Form of protest (3-2) 24 Brilliance (5) 25 Jeers at (7)

DOWN

1 Surmised (7) 2 Fried potato cake (5) 3 Moved restlessly (8) 4 Substitute (6) 5 Female relation (4) 6 Pressing (7) 7 After ninth (5) 12 Instigator (8) 14 Corrupt (7) 16 Cash receipts (7) 17 Halted (6) 18 Avoid (5) 20 Plumped (for) (5) 21 Absurd (4)