TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Somehow limit pace to

criminally involve (9)

8 Fox enraged cattle inside

(4)

9 Huge carriage caper (8) 10 Old boy with protracted

rectangle (6)

13 Beheaded victor near the

centre (5)

14 Souvenir note containing

torn net (7)

15 Paddle alternatively

heard (3)

16 Cocky newcomer

beginning on high? (7) 17 Well-built idols broken (5) 21 Most recent two points

plus a third (6)

22 Deceives damsel in

distress about island (8) 23 Some bird is chucking flat

plate (4)

24 Work out terms – note I

get a reshuffle (9)

DOWN

1 Infamous Orion’s out for

change (9)

2 Top up helpers in disarray

(9)

4 Humid – like a big cup?

(5)

5 Less weighty barge (7) 6 Coin dispatched, say (4) 7 Work steadily until 1.50 (4) 11 Painkiller in case gal gets

upset (9)

12 Timber supply for rock

venue (9)

14 Rug sounds dull (3) 15 Circle city motorway with

clever paper-folding! (7) 18 Beginning where actors

work? (5)

19 Shivering inside bee

colony (4)

20 Gets a lot wrong for

counter-tenor (4) COFFEE TIME ACROSS 3 Criminally involve (9) 8 Beasts of burden, cattle

(4)

9 Absolutely huge (8) 10 Four-sided shape (6) 13 Opposite of ‘ outer ’ (5) 14 Keepsake (7)

15 Boat paddle (3)

16 Cheeky newcomer (7) 17 Hard and compact (5) 21 Freshest (6) 22 Deliberately deceives (8) 23 Circular token (4)

24 Try to reach agreement by

discussion (9)

DOWN

1 Well-known for a bad

reason (9)

2 Fill again (9)

4 Clammy (weather) (5) 5 Not as heavy (7) 6 100th of a dollar (4) 7 Drudgery (4) 11 Drug which relieves pain (9) 12 1969 rock music festival (9) 14 Hearth-rug (3)

15 Art of paper-folding (7) 18 Beginning, start (5)

19 Bee colony (4)

20 ___ clef, stave used by the

viola (4)