TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Available university prof

brags foolishly (2,3,5) 8 A garden entrance, stone

(5) 9 Treadle about to be

adjusted (7) 10 Homework help was settled in advance (7) 11 Is furious when egghead

appears in old clothes (5) 12 On the face of it, tray would

break (9) 15 Provide food but react

curiously (5) 17 Cooked rarebit for

mediator (7) 19 Water-bird to fall behind

after dull start (7) 20 Crude mixture restored

health (5) 21 Boldly race off to close

match (5,5)

DOWN 2 Spot beginner who is in

step (5) 3 Ham it up with Bill in the

open (7) 4 Protective spirit for sentry

man with cherub (8,5) 5 Moving a prison (5) 6 Small, rugged and

unkempt (7) 7 Probability of one, three

and five, perhaps? (4) 8 Current units hidden by

lampshade (4) 12 Beige mole at a gathering

(7) 13 Cabled over first of

economic fiasco (7) 14 Raid carried out without

water (4) 15 In a panic, a gerbil kept

here? (4) 16 In course of quarrel I cracked historical object (5) 18 Bad broth produces a

palpitation (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Available (2,3,5) 8 Banded stone (5) 9 Amended (7) 10 Settled in advance (7) 11 Angry outbursts (5) 12 On the face of it (9) 15 Lay on food (5) 17 Adjudicator (7) 19 Species of goose (7) 20 Healed (5) 21 Cross-town match (5,5)

DOWN 2 Location (5) 3 Exaggerate (7) 4 Protective spirit (8,5) 5 On the move (5) 6 Skinny (7) 7 Betting chances (4) 8 Electrical units (4) 12 Breakfast food (7) 13 Disaster (7) 14 Dry, dusty (4)

15 Animal enclosure (4) 16 Ancient artefact (5) 18 Palpitate (5) PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Edibles; 8 Proverb; 9 Open-air; 10 Taste; 11 Spaghetti; 14 Enamel; 15 Going; 16 Instep; 20 Testament; 23 Cheer; 24 Bearing; 25 Travail; 26 Endured.

Down: 1 Egoism; 2 Ice cap; 3 Leach; 4 Sprat; 5 Rooting; 6 Jetsam; 7 Abseil; 12 Elope; 13 Tenet; 15 Get real; 16 Incite; 17 See-saw; 18 Senior; 19 Staged; 21 Sable; 22 Award.