TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Not hardened properly, so

cross (3-8) 9 Fuse unit in webcam

plug (3) 10 One’s in India or another

place (9) 11 Kind actors given similar

roles (8) 12 Instrument seen in early

recordings (4) 14 I’m a long time getting the

pictures (6) 16 They help to house first of

baby bears (6) 18 Supreme beings remove

ring from merchandise (4) 19 Before birth, needing

parental guidance? (8) 22 Roasted meat with

chopped dates (9) 23 Finished, we hear, with

eggs (3) 24 Ten in classy pose without

a break (11)

DOWN

2 Eagerly accept the foreign

seal (3,2) 3 Nervous ornithologist? (8) 4 Some blamed us, apparently for mythical creature (6) 5 High spot for tourists in

Sicily (4) 6 Attempted to replant

seed, say (7) 7 Old garment for remote

wispy wind (11) 8 Venture to bring back a girl, before morning, to Tanzanian city (3,2,6) 13 Market town has a crooner

put on (8) 15 Bone, mad sort of body

part! (7) 17 Good animal is free (6) 20 Time to wind up the

monster (5) 21 Contact attendant (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Grumpy (3-8) 9 Unit of current (3) 10 Bali’s country (9) 11 Given similar roles to

play (8) 12 Early harp (4) 14 Idols (6) 16 Endures (6) 18 Deities (4) 19 Before birth (8) 22 Criticised harshly (9) 23 Egg cells (3) 24 Continually (11)

DOWN

2 Accept eagerly (3,2) 3 Keen bird-watcher (8) 4 Snake-haired creature (6) 5 Sicilian volcano (4) 6 Attempted (7) 7 Old hooped petticoat (11) 8 Tanzania’s chief port

(3,2,6) 13 Oxfordshire market

town (8) 15 Stomach area (7) 17 Free of charge (6) 20 Cave elf (5) 21 Attendant (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Rhinoceros; 8 Eider; 9 Noisome; 10 Ensnare; 11 Sugar(apsa); 12 Sweetcorn; 15 Shrug; 17 October; 19 Animate; 20 (S)ingle; 21 Everything.

Down: 2 Hides; 3 Narrate; 4 Confectionery; 5 Raids; 6 Sloe gin; 7 Weir(d); 8 (S)ever; 12 Sardine; 13 Ostrich; 14 Free; 15 Slat; 16 Grace; 18 Begin.