TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Mug called out for
assistance (7) 8 Save Len, perhaps, though
remove liberty (7) 9 Venetian boat almost disappeared with awkward load (7) 10 Atmospheric layer,
Australia needing one (5) 11 Gear a soldier craftily puts
about (9) 14 Figure finding some translation in etymology (6) 15 Game played with deep
dishes? (5) 16 Something to press, though
not the wrong way! (6) 20 Coach in leisure time calls
for moderation (9) 23 Look around university to
find surgical dressing (5) 24 Boring tool given publicity
in fight (7) 25 Chap goes round new house for inspection chamber (7) 26 Once more take steps to
improve the tyre (7)
DOWN
1 Misaligns indication (6) 2 Covering wrapped round
an appetiser (6) 3 Old grim smell (5) 4 Respond when crate
broken (5) 5 Diffusion of moss is
nothing to worry about (7) 6 Dad’s acting part provides
temporary release (6) 7 Shout about some elephant given salad sticks (6) 12 In agreement, make up (5) 13 Fifty inside one not
provided with lighting (5) 15 Monotony seems colourful
in time of prosperity (7) 16 Marital crime with
important woman (6) 17 School shirker sounds like
model worker (6) 18 Artist in current stream of
abuse (6) 19 Pigpen was first to be
fashioned (6) 21 Also berate when a little
rational (5) 22 Right oven for cook (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Assistance (7) 8 Subjugate (7) 9 Venetian boat (7) 10 Atmospheric gas (5) 11 Equipment (9) 14 Three times thirty (6) 15 Cereal dishes (5) 16 Clothes fastener (6) 20 Moderation (9) 23 Bandage material (5) 24 Shoemaking tool (7) 25 Sewer access (7) 26 Recycled tyre (7)
DOWN
1 Beacon (6) 2 Party snack (6) 3 Smell (5) 4 Behave (5) 5 Liquid diffusion (7) 6 Conditional release (6) 7 Salad food (6) 12 Compensate (5) 13 Dark (5) 15 Apathy (7) 16 Marital crime (6) 17 Absentee student (6) 18 Angry harangue (6) 19 Fashioned (6) 21 Not tipsy (5) 22 Cook in an oven (5)
Across: 1 Records; 5 Dubai; 8 Tripe; 9 Volcano; 10 Fuselage; 11 Only; 13 Attend; 15 Stay up; 18 Blur; 19 Keepsake; 22 Untruth; 23 Cobra; 24 Banal; 25 Relayed.
Down: 1 Ratafia; 2 Cribs; 3 Ries (Rhys)ling; 4 Savage; 5 Dill; 6 Blarney; 7 Ivory; 12 Atyp(e) ical; 14 Taunton; 16 Prepaid; 17 Tether; 18 Blurb; 20 Abbey; 21 Dual (Duel).