TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Priest off to the Orient for
a break (7)
5 Saves damaged urns (5) 8 Eagerly accept the foreign
seal (3,2)
9 Mad Hatter’s menaces (7) 10 Tons sitting on fence,
rambling (8)
11 Jewel seen in shop
alcove (4)
13 Scarcity of thread spun (6) 15 Baby holds in cry of
displeasure, as well (2,4) 18 Force son to leave
specialist doctor (4) 19 Musical piece for speaker
number ten (8) 22 Demanded medical
treatment (7)
23 Left port carrying cargo (5) 24 Sat with head of paper,
very big editor (5) 25 Disease ruined coastal
area (7)
DOWN
1 Told about unpunctual
daughter (7)
2 A pie’s cooked till
brown (5)
3 I’m Italian interrupting Pole
– that’s discourteous (8) 4 Length of old camping
equipment (6)
5 So each and all should be
decapitated (4)
6 Cooks ham poorly, incorporating cleaning fluid (7)
7 It’s used for rope – or sails,
possibly (5)
12 Mexican pancake for
cooking rota – dig in! (8) 14 Sheepskin coats for
dogs (7)
16 Soundly beat counter
when upset (7)
17 He leaves islands to
married women (6) 18 Take the lid off a French
hat (5)
20 I’d air differences to produce spokes in a circle (5)
21 Surrounded by large
number in support (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Welcome relief (7) 5 Flower jars (5)
8 Accept eagerly (3,2) 9 Menaces (7)
10 Lagging behind (8) 11 Iridescent gemstone (4) 13 Scarcity (6)
15 In addition (2,4) 18 Compulsion (4) 19 Religious choral work (8) 22 Stated without proof (7) 23 Heavily burdened (5) 24 Sat for a picture (5) 25 Coastal area (7)
DOWN
1 Connected (7)
2 Colour of old photos (5) 3 Rude (8)
4 Degree, amount (6) 5 Extremely (4)
6 Hair cleanser (7)
7 Rope fibre (5)
12 Mexican pancake (8) 14 Large hounds (7) 16 Defeat decisively (7) 17 Newly married women (6) 18 Remove a lid from (5) 20 Geometrical spokes (5) 21 Surrounded by (4)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 1 Designing; 6 Lag; 8 Motel; 9 Puritan; 10 Stubborn; 11 Opus; 13 Beagle; 14 Amends; 17 Eggs; 19 Gin rummy; 22 Stay put; 23 Cobra; 24 Din; 25 Redundant.
Down: 1 Dimes; 2 Satsuma; 3 Golf ball 4 Impure; 5 Guru; 6 Let up; 7 Genesis; 12 American; 13 Blessed; 15 Namibia; 16 Rioted; 18 Grain; 20 Yeast; 21 Spur(s).