TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Karate perhaps to spoil
crooked rat tail (7,3) 8 Piece of rice seen on
wood (5) 9 Wash and iron in Manila
undertaking (7) 10 Appearing to view Chinese
porcelain (7) 11 Following illness, single
piece of steak (1-4) 12 Extends prison
sentences (9) 15 Shot eighteen holes (5) 17 Hiker runs in front of slow
walker (7) 19 Childish talk causing piano
to shake (7) 20 Capers not starting in the members of an organisation (5) 21 Help in hearing premature change to Tosca opening (3-7)
DOWN
2 President Lincoln over at
stop (5) 3 Moroccan town with
stronger flavour (7) 4 Using rebuilt pergola, trail
a fruit (9,4) 5 Mature leaders of
America don’t understand
little things (5) 6 Boring Edward has
promises to pay (7) 7 Be taking artilleryman into
hillside (4) 8 Essential part of the
register (4) 12 Meat product with herb
going round USA (7) 13 Boring low noise on
instrument (7) 14 Twisted scar forms a
curve (4) 15 Work between the lines is
inadequate (4) 16 Put off some lemonade,
terrible! (5) 18 Dive without leader as
well (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Aikido, eg (7,3) 8 Cereal crop (5) 9 Wash and iron (7) 10 Apparent (7) 11 Choice steak (1-4) 12 Elongates (9) 15 Ball-shaped (5) 17 Climbing rose (7) 19 Babble (7) 20 Classifies (5) 21 Old-fashioned aid for deaf people (3-7)
DOWN
2 Subside (5) 3 Moroccan port (7) 4 Avocado (9,4) 5 Fully grown (5) 6 Boring (7) 7 Scottish hillside (4) 8 General idea (4) 12 Frankfurter (7) 13 Boring, commonplace (7) 14 Curved shapes (4) 15 Of poor quality (4) 16 Daunt (5) 18 Dive forward (5)