TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Take a breath to motivate

(7)

5 What’s left covered by

inshore licence (5)

8 Vote in some of the

Cambridge lecturers (5) 9 Lie with ribs broken,

provoking laughter (7) 10 Notes quickly played at

new opera gig (8)

11 Load almost backed

musical (4)

13 Humble college official

embracing me (6) 15 Study round some gorge

(6)

18 Initially bird always lies

down without feathers (4) 19 Fable is concocted about

East – it ’ s possible (8) 22 One rowing with daughter

gets caressed (7)

23 Bay window in Oxford

College (5)

24 Ambush involving male

vagrant (5)

25 Chats about ten rats (7) DOWN 1 Nice lad travelling round

the country (7)

2 Animal creating ooze

round hospital (5) 3 Entire altering altered! (8) 4 Insect has to listen in (6) 5 Hurry to get grass (4) 6 Scales track to quiet place

(7)

7 Caught, she’s out in game

(5)

12 Dad’s game to get the

travel permit (8)

14 Mother left with song,

Fever (7)

16 South Coast landmark is

annoying (7)

17 Heavy metal bearings (6) 18 Surround and harass live

group (5)

20 Bung key into cheese (5) 21 Leave out parking on slide

(4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS 1 Motivate (7)

5 Old artefact (5)

8 Vote in (5)

9 Laughable (7)

10 Rapid succession of

musical notes (8) 11 Felines (4)

13 Degrade (6)

15 Deep gorge (6) 18 Hairless (4)

19 Possible (8)

22 Caressed (7)

23 Type of bay window (5) 24 Walk wearily (5) 25 Chats (7) DOWN 1 Country near the Arctic

circle (7)

2 Ewes and rams (5) 3 Fundamental (8) 4 Clawed insect (6) 5 Hurry (4)

6 Collection of books (7) 7 Board-game (5) 12 Official travel document

(8)

14 Tropical disease (7) 16 Sewing tools (7)

17 Very heavy (6) 18 Encircle (5) 20 Inducement (5) 21 Leave out (4)