TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 One-eyed giant cuts short ride to military tasks (7) 5 Facial hair on ursine creature died (5) 8 A flower came up (5) 9 Secret relationship in part of Australia is ongoing (7) 10 A quiet guardian, it’s obvious (8) 11 Paper measure in preamble (4) 13 Part of shoe creating lesion (6) 15 Inn where clergyman comes over in brown (6) 18 Vehicle test round a deep ditch (4) 19 Allowed to twist tapes round colour ranges (8) 22 Some of the junk now necessary is unfamiliar (7) 23 Squeeze out of noisy arena (5) 24 One giving some chord on organ (5) 25 Payment for residents of Buckingham Palace (7)

DOWN

1 Bread man swallowed, unfinished one (7) 2 Champion he left in vessel with illness (5) 3 Higher government to reverse the decision (8) 4 Listen out when there’s nothing to hear? (6) 5 Close to hob, rodent is annoying child (4) 6 Rigidly strict tea user, possibly (7) 7 Material is dug up (5) 12 Confiscate Chinese meal, for example (8) 14 Become loose? Neck’s broken while round US city (7) 16 Inquisitive about silverbacked bouquet (7) 17 Person with a job tops student (6) 18 No mud mixed in heap (5) 20 Money given to model as test (5) 21 Almost certain to include old bitter (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Mythical one-eyed giant (7) 5 Facial hair (5) 8 Originated (5) 9 Affair (7) 10 Clear, obvious (8) 11 Paper amount (4) 13 Part of a boot (6) 15 Hostelry (6) 18 Castle ditch (4) 19 Colour ranges (8) 22 Anonymous (7) 23 Twist forcibly (5) 24 Benefactor (5) 25 Author’s payment (7)

DOWN

1 Indian bread (7) 2 Children’s throat disorder (5) 3 Countermand (8) 4 Without noise (6) 5 Awful kid (4) 6 Bare, harsh (7) 7 Jeans fabric (5) 12 Confiscate (4,4) 14 Abate (7) 16 Small bouquet (7) 17 Moneymaker (6) 18 Bank of earth (5) 20 Court case (5) 21 Acid to the taste (4)