TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Promised to find idiot,

terribly rude (7)

8 No leech disrupted troop

formation (7)

9 First home, one with tail

wagging (7)

10 Swell certain to catch

latest in clothing (5) 11 Sport ’ s title comes with

cash potential (9) 14 After start of holidays I ’ d

study in secret (6) 15 Coins turned up half old

penny (5)

16 Mutated marine flyers (6) 20 Fierce sea storm, then

truce! (9)

23 Succulents first chosen at

start of play? (5) 24 Forked out, without

hesitation, for snake (7) 25 Performing deer is kept in

one (2,5)

26 Suitably including notes

with skill (7)

DOWN

1 Beast covered mother

with indigo dye (6) 2 Inconsiderable insult (6) 3 River’s stone (5)

4 Hide doctor left in Indian

city (5) 5 Branch assistant hides part

of car (7)

6 Such trousers ignited

suddenly (6)

7 Invisible in a French

situation, you say? (6) 12 Double edge of elastic

thread (5)

13 Caught, she’s out in game

(5)

15 Wrongly claimed it’ sa

system of currency (7) 16 An endless task to secure a

vessel (6)

17 Niche for politicians’

holiday (6)

18 Assimilate joke heard after

I’d turned up (6) 19 Aristocracy to get round

the North by railway (6) 21 Unable to cope away from

land (2,3)

22 Eastern lake appears

spooky (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Guaranteed (7)

8 Level in a hierarchy (7) 9 Introductory (7)

10 Swell (5)

11 Track and field events (9) 14 Concealed (6) 15 American coins (5) 16 Aviated (6)

20 Truce (9)

23 Succulents (5)

24 Snake (7)

25 Performing (2,5)

26 With skill (7)

DOWN

1 Beast (6) 2 Insubstantial (6) 3 German river (5) 4 Indian city (5) 5 Frame of a car (7) 6 Ignited suddenly (6) 7 Invisible (6)

12 Strong string (5) 13 Board game (5) 15 Numbered by tens (7) 16 Secure a vessel (6) 17 Politicians’ holiday (6) 18 Assimilate (6) 19 Aristocracy (6) 21 Unable to cope (2,3) 22 Spooky (5)