TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

1 Sets out without opening

notes for writers (7) 5 Fiddle with flower (5) 8 Throw away and leave

house! (5) 9 Dialect translated in

fortress (7) 10 Cent poor redress for a

hairstyle (4,4) 11 Make tea in sombre way (4) 13 Religion aims to conform

(6) 15 It could bring you to your

knees (6) 18 Carry European winter

sport (4) 19 Agreement made by group of witches and social worker (8) 22 Sound closing the top of a

room (7) 23 Send it back with the payment (5) 24 Power of small child, say

(5) 25 Almost stop building being

hidden away (7)

1 Topic for the citizen (7) 2 Music at party Ronald

goes to (5) 3 Novel place to reserve

suit (8) 4 A hundred in group or subdivision (6) 5 Investigates animal doctors (4) 6 Neat medical worker? (7) 7 Silver deep in pitch, shining

(5) 12 Teenager brewed beverage (5,3) 14 Noon gig wrongly continuing (7) 16 Once more take steps to

improve the tyre (7) 17 Works in iron and fakes

money (6) 18 In practice one deputises

(5) 20 Letter; an annoyance! (5) 21 Sediment seen in low tide

initially (4)

COFFEE TIME

1 Clerks (7) 5 Pansy genus (5) 8 Numbers game (5) 9 Fortress (7) 10 Flapper’s hairstyle (4,4) 11 Concoct (4) 13 Chinese religion (6) 15 Fervent request (6) 18 Competition toboggan (4) 19 Mutual agreement (8) 22 Roof of a room (7) 23 Church tax (5) 24 Bodily strength (5) 25 Stored secretly (7)

1 Theme (7) 2 Repetitive piece of music

(5) 3 Shelves for reading matter

(8) 4 Area (6) 5 Appraises (4) 6 Disciplined (7) 7 Gently burning (5) 12 Healthy hot beverage (5,3) 14 Continuing (7) 16 Recycled tyre (7) 17 Works in iron (6) 18 Deputising doctor (5) 20 Letter that is sometimes

dropped (5) 21 River sediment (4)