TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Rice, graduate’s mother
wants it back (7) 8 Company board moved to
Spanish city (7) 9 Childish talk causing piano
to shake (7) 10 Can go round ancient city
to find Italian one (5) 11 Turn import into sea spray
(9) 14 Agents capturing the
Spanish is disgusting (6) 15 Roof worker kindled again
on return (5) 16 Loss of the French? Fate
uncertain (6) 20 Composer’s penning
backing part for unmarried men (9) 23 Caught with angling
equipment and basket (5) 24 No wealthy wife entered
county town (7) 25 Sarcastic article extracted
from a newspaper (7) 26 Current movement scraps
flair – that’s painful (7)
DOWN
1 Avoid being next to ravine
(6) 2 Stationary way to get a
nervous habit (6) 3 Naughty cadet took part
in play (5) 4 Twice Nigeria hosts
ancient race (5) 5 Stagger around river with
pig’s foot (7) 6 Force to close bracket
periodically (6) 7 Blacks out in fast movement (6) 12 Tiara ruined by yogurt dish
(5) 13 Father, she’s different, so
new (5) 15 Newspaper obit lad
messed up (7) 16 Two months to take the
essence (6) 17 Rest of Mediterraneans
swap starter at party (6) 18 Coal is exploding at informal party (6) 19 Avoid ewes straying
around church (6) 21 Dance, caught by music on
game-show (5) 22 Point twice right or it’s
wrong (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Variety of Indian rice (7) 8 Major city of southern
Spain (7) 9 Babble (7) 10 Italian city (5) 11 Sea spray (9) 14 Parries (6) 15 Roofer (5) 16 Conquer (6) 20 Unmarried men (9) 23 Fishing basket (5) 24 East Anglian city (7) 25 Reducing (7) 26 Movement of current (7)
DOWN
1 Avoid (6) 2 Immobile (6) 3 Feigned (5) 4 Boudicca’s people (5) 5 Pig’s foot (7) 6 Browbeat (6) 7 Passes out (6) 12 Indian side dish similar to
tzatziki (5) 13 Different (5) 15 Newspaper format (7) 16 Extract by boiling (6) 17 Carnival (6) 18 Convivial (6) 19 Fight shy of (6) 21 Latin American line
dance (5) 22 Blunder (5)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Angolan; 5 Aspic; 8 Gross; 9 Grandpa; 10 Bulletin; 11 Love; 13 Answer; 15 Heckle; 18 Maid; 19 Oilfield; 22 Neglect; 23 Poise; 24 Reels; 25 Rotates.
Down: 1 Algebra; 2 Ghoul (Goole); 3 Listener; 4 Noggin; 5 A(T)las; 6 Padlock; 7 Chase; 12 Leaf spot; 14 Shingle; 16 Endless; 17 Bitter; 18 Minor; 20 Edict; 21 Pens.