TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Bond hit the drink (7) 5 Put label on American
flower (5) 8 Look around university to
find surgical dressing (5) 9 Madden nameless soldiers
after final order (7) 10 Learned about unknown
island (8) 11 Not a serious quarrel but it
turns very loud (4) 13 One’s back with information on fibrous tissues (6) 15 Wife in early trouble with
solicitor (6) 18 Important-sounding
landing place (4) 19 Add to chemical mixture (8) 22 Uncertain what to do with income less than outlay (2,1,4) 23 Work on muscular twitch
of the eye (5) 24 Hire, if you don’t mind
non-starter (5) 25 At home, meal gets relatives extremely weepy (2,5)
DOWN
1 Toddlers find rodent
wrapped in carpets (7) 2 Money for a place to keep
the dogs (5) 3 A few moved owner too
(3,2,3) 4 Complicated detail
closely followed (6) 5 Reverse into that futuristic
cluster (4) 6 Something in meat juices
having serious nature (7) 7 Female, a female with a
bundle (5) 12 The French politician to send an illuminating feature (4-4) 14 Falls back on another
occasion with artist (7) 16 Rescued broken contracts
(7) 17 In Lisbon, said to be little
growth (6) 18 Flyer to show fear (5) 20 Part luxury, somewhat
overly excessive (5) 21 Amount of medicine does
change slightly (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Affinity (7) 5 Lisbon’s river (5) 8 Bandage material (5) 9 Arouse anger in (7) 10 Channel Island (8) 11 Argument (4) 13 Fibrous tissues (6) 15 Legal adviser (6) 18 Dockside (4) 19 Aggravate (8) 22 Baffled (2,1,4) 23 Of the eye (5) 24 Hire (5) 25 Crying (2,5)
DOWN
1 Slang term for toddlers (7) 2 Britain’s currency unit (5) 3 A few (3,2,3) 4 Followed (6) 5 Grass clump (4) 6 Earth’s pull (7) 7 Bundle of corn (5) 12 Street light (4-4) 14 Famous waterfalls (7) 16 Boils down (7) 17 Dwarf tree (6) 18 Small game bird (5) 20 Extremely (5) 21 Amount of medicine (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Unaltered; 6 Dad; 8 Tramp; 9 Close-up; 10 Red Cross; 11 Floe; 13 Banish; 14 Agrees; 17 Wisp; 19 Quipster; 22 Tbilisi; 23 Arran; 24 Hot; 25 Digitalis.
Down: 1 Utter; 2 Abandon; 3 Top brass; 4 Recess; 5 Door; 6 Dwell; 7 Depress; 12 Eggplant; 13 Bewitch; 15 Enthra; l 16 Tubing; 18 Saint; 20 (P)ranks; 21 Bind.