TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Steel structure, manage to slide inwards (9)

6 Part of North Island belongs to him (3)

8 Celebration? Old airline gets prohibitive reply (5)

9 Stalemate old-fashioned after one gets married (7)

10 Bean raised, one in second place (6-2)

11 Warm up for part of contest? (4)

13 Swindle has theologian in a scrape (6)

14 Make article in Greek

island (6)

17 See a change for leisure (4)

19 Scan bark around small eating place (5,3)

22 Unusually proud to be a social misfit (7)

23 Cards include right measurements (5)

24 Wet earth found in

Bermuda (3)

25 Crime Stan bungled for scoundrel (9)

DOWN

1 Drum roll started after boat capsized (5)

2 Discovered trainee made some money (7) 3 Skinhead knight inside,

pretty dirty (8)

4 Tuneful, but disgusting after Gibson leaves (6)

5 Spot bearing mole (4)

6 As the flustered show speed (5)

7 That woman will nearly draw dog (7)

12 March off to display seat (8)

13 Duck could be miffed

about sphere of control (7)

15 Two boys go to a province

(7) 16 Joins together furniture around end of June (6)

18 So Don got entangled with hairnet (5)

20 Steer convertible and synchronise again (5)

21 Creature found in hedgerow or marsh (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Spyglass (9) 6 That man’s (3) 8 Jolly party (5) 9 Deadlock (7) 10 Losing finalist (6-2) 11 Great warmth (4) 13 Falsify (6) 14 Beget (6) 17 Allay (4) 19 Cafe for a light bite (5,3) 22 University failure (7) 23 Land measures (5) 24 Wet earth (3) 25 Infidel (9) DOWN

1 Percussion instrument (5)

2 Discovered (7) 3 Careless (8) 4 Abhorrent (6) 5 Behold (4) 6 Hurriedness (5) 7 Collie-like dog (7) 12 Lounge seat (8) 13 Area of control (7) 15 Edmonton’s province (7) 16 Amalgamates (6) 18 Decorative hairnet (5) 20 Adjust (a clock) (5) 21 Wriggling invertebrate (4) PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 After effect; 9 Too (Two); 10 Terminate; 11 Take note; 12 Into; 14 Loafer; 16 Eagles; 18 Herd (Heard); 19 Crossbar; 22 March past; 23 Tot; 24 Spirit level.

Down: 2 Flock; 3 Extended; 4 Egrets; 5 Foil; 6 Channel; 7 Stately home; 8 Remonstrate; 13 Cassette; 15 Airdrop; 17 Errant; 20 Bathe; 21 Char(t).