TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Cease troupe moving to
emergency exit (6,5) 9 Jolt container (3) 10 Place umpires in car (9) 11 Nectar is cooked in
container (8) 12 Knockback stake in
volcano (4) 14 Nothing to fix in the
beginning (6) 16 Some Bach, or a lied, is
sung (6) 18 Mild in parts of territory (4) 19 Bean raised, one in second
place (6-2) 22 Missile base produces
nourishing plant (9) 23 Hot drink steaming, to
some extent (3) 24 Total small railway surface
creates open rural area (11)
DOWN
2 Temptress about to do
wrong outside (5) 3 Two fools at home with
hitman (8) 4 Catches sight of Eastern
agents (6) 5 Fine redhead with a
vegetable (4) 6 High wind for the pontoon
player? (7) 7 Minimum of oxygen in jet creates disaster, so use this? (7,4) 8 Religious drama’s fixed price all during one month (7,4) 13 Thin iris results in facial
ailment (8) 15 Conclude no fire (7) 17 Unconfirmed report that
spirit belongs to us (6) 20 Collapse of trade is
assessed (5) 21 Second pale bird (4) COFFEE TIME
ACROSS
1 Way out (6,5) 9 Glass vessel (3) 10 Small but powerful car (9) 11 Container (8) 12 Sicily’s volcano (4) 14 Ancestry (6) 16 Of group singing (6) 18 Downy (4) 19 Losing finalist (6-2) 22 Sauce thickener (9) 23 Beverage (3) 24 Open rural area (11)
DOWN
2 Alarm bell (5) 3 Contract killer (8) 4 Briefly sees (6) 5 Tropical vegetable (4) 6 Tornado (7) 7 Pilot’s device for a swift
exit (7,4) 8 Medieval religious
drama (7,4) 13 Nasal ailment (8) 15 Fierce fire (7) 17 Gossip (6) 20 Appraised (5) 21 Graceful bird (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Researcher; 8 Burnt; 9 Long a-go; 10 Derange; 11 Shout; 12 Seascapes; 15 Radar; 17 Asunder(land); 19 Scarlet; 20 Mitre; 21 Maceration. Down: 2 (T)error; 3 Estonia; 4 Roller-coaster; 5 (P)hones; 6 Reasons; 7 Bout; 8 Bode; 12 Side arm; 13 Plummet; 14 Tree; 15 Rest; 16 Relic; 18 Ditto.