TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 I rush off after a friend, being unprofessional (10) 8 Dance can go wrong (5) 9 Pot lid? (4-3) 10 Declare engineer included one taking vengeance (7) 11 Intends to get the necessary money (5) 12 Swollen daughter is nursed (9) 15 Language rich in dialectal detail (5) 17 Characteristic of abandoned clay pit (7) 19 Background talk of stalks (7) 20 Quiet massage beside bush (5) 21 Big-headed concierge prepared to save time (10)

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2 Ground food beginning to cool in pit (5) 3 New rate drop withdrawn – it’s enough to make you weep (4,3) 4 Memorable brunette has a golf round (13) 5 I’d take one instant to take up regional jargon (5) 6 Found on bowler with broken bat in hand (7) 7 Soap suds regularly work (4) 8 Talk of bird (4) 12 False set turned violent, gaining energy (7) 13 Money put down is back in bus garage (7) 14 Lazy type into flowers, lobelia (4) 15 Antler caught in thorns (4) 16 I had wild love for part of America (5) 18 Bird goes back to soldier and dog (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Unprofessional (10) 8 Party dance (5) 9 Hinged cover (4-3) 10 Righter of wrongs (7) 11 Averages (5) 12 Bloated (9) 15 Indian language (5) 17 Normal (7) 19 Edible reddish sticks (7) 20 Low woody plant (5) 21 Putting oneself first (10)

DOWN

2 Chop finely (5) 3 Civil disorder deterrent (4,3) 4 Fixed in the mind (13) 5 Phrase, cliché (5) 6 Bonnet ribbon (7) 7 Classical piece (4) 8 Converse informally (4) 12 False tooth on a frame (7) 13 Pay in (money) (7) 14 Layabout (4) 15 Brass instrument (4) 16 US state east of Oregon (5) 18 Welsh canine (5) PREVIOUS SOLUTION Across: 1 Breadth(e); 8 Elation; 9 Husband; 10 Idler; 11 Strangest; 14 Auntie; 15 Haste; 16 Newest; 20 Patronage; 23 Worse; 24 Washing; 25 Statute; 26 Resolve. Down: 1 Behest; 2 Ensure; 3 Drawn; 4 Hedge; 5 Habitue; 6 Violet; 7 Entree; 12 Ghana; 13 Satyr; 15 Hopeful; 16 Newest; 17 Warsaw; 18 Facial; 19 Gee(k)gee(k); 21 Tower; 22 Oasis.