TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Country where you hear furry growth on eggs (7)
8 Duck put in part of cooker with a large beast (7)
9 Cheese for girl keeping something barred (7)
10 What you might do with a garden figure (5)
11 Nice siren? Wrong, hypocritical (9)
14 One grows flowers (6)
15 Close friend runs into rabbit (5)
16 Smell insect? Rubbish! (6)
20 Sat before cooking the
Sunday joint (5,4)
23 Bottom part of drain, perhaps (5)
24 Worryingly long snake outside Italian city (7)
25 Church is behind Italian love affair (7)
26 Turning device either way (7)
DOWN
1 Wizard of former lineage (6)
2 Insect cult’s worried about nothing (6)
3 Frequently tenderise, though not initially (5)
4 Amazed at silver monkey (5)
5 It’s not polite to be nosey
about priggishness (7)
6 Puts straight wonky signal (6)
7 Determined relative goes back up to European city (6)
12 Vehicle to leave with freight (5)
13 Phones for jewellery (5)
15 Fruit of the moment, we hear (7)
16 Army head leaves country starving (6)
17 French woman gets first man to interrupt me (6)
18 Importance of western figure (6)
19 Liaison with a loud blonde (6)
21 Some jam, berry, is yellowish brown (5)
22 I leave WC vacant (2,3)
COFFEE TIME
1 One of Ukraine’s
neighbours (7)
8 Ape (7)
9 Soft Italian cheese (7)
10 Integer (5)
11 Deceitful (9)
14 Eye parts (6)
15 Close companion (5)
16 Striped sweet (6)
20 Traditional British fare (5,4)
23 All-time low (5)
24 City of northern Italy (7)
25 Amour (7)
26 Spinner (7)
DOWN
1 Small falcon(6)
2 Ravenous insect (6) 3 Frequently (5)
4 Astonished (5)
5 Stuffiness (7)
6 Arranges (6)
7 City in western France (6)
12 Ship’s load (5)
13 Chimes (5)
15 Dried grape (7)
16 Craving food (6)
17 Married Frenchwoman (6)
18 Burden (6)
19 Liaison (6)
21 Fossilised resin (5)
22 Available for hire (2,3)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Arrears; 5 Tepid; 8 Adopt; 9 Parboil; 10 Iterated; 11 Very; 13 (D)eludes; 15 Amoral; 18 When; 19 Brougham; 22 Ice pick; 23 Henna; 24 Easel; 25 Red wine.
Down: 1 Avarice; 2 Rhone; 3 Anteater; 4 Supper; 5 Term; 6 Pioneer; 7 Dally; 12 Ambushed; 14 Useless; 16 Limeade; 17 Broker; 18 White; 20 Hindi; 21 Gill.