TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES 1 Answer hides suspicious

duet, by all accounts (9) 6 Student group uprising

reveals a star (3) 8 Well done, Charlie’s

next! (5) 9 Royal Engineers said to go

free (7) 10 Late defeat, as very

tired (4,4) 11 Piece of humour in this

kitchen (4) 13 Head of smooth snake is

bluer (6) 14 Dispatched heartless Ray

to be guard (6) 17 Thus giant returns (4) 19 Problem keeping headless

girl with one element (8) 22 Monarch’s partner, Tory

type (7) 23 In front of king, regularly inclined to be less friendly (5) 24 Be deceitful and

recline? (3) 25 Officially lay down before

writer (9)

1 Mad leader of bandits appears in surprise attack (5) 2 Notice place with a piece

of plastic (7) 3 Older but upset and

worried (8) 4 University had rum

distributed (6) 5 Partly royal English

university (4) 6 Sound bet as cut of

meat (5) 7 Negative guard’s heading

off – keep out! (2,5) 12 Vegetable made by

electrician without tin (8) 13 Clients desperately

drawing aid (7) 15 Capital, is it holding

politician back? (7) 16 Snuggle down amongst the

cleanest leaves (6) 18 Bottled spirit? (5) 20 Come together during

emergency (5) 21 Circle left with no work (4)