TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Where a star is found ahead
(2,3,4)
6 Do see, said physician (3) 8 Little weight for cat (5) 9 Outward appearance of expert on a Malibu board? (7)
10 Old-time individual
entering the theatre (5,3) 11 Military vehicle returns in the
dark, naturally (4) 13 Considerate to pile rubbish
(6)
14 Send for total, then add a
thousand on (6)
17 Flower girl (4) 19 Scarlet women with repressed
anger are blood-suckers (8) 22 Pantomime girl burning
leftovers (7)
23 Provoke fashionable dog (5) 24 Providing part of the racket (3) 25 Colour not experienced with
fruit (4,5)
DOWN
1 Makes smooth for fetters (5) 2 Can thwart what may
surround the joint (7)
3 In chapel even though last
man in at cricket (8) 4 Heartless sending off, given
flag (6)
5 500 put on Noah’s vessel,
appearing gloomy (4) 6 Help up an upset girl (5) 7 Airport desk where payment
received, they say (5,2) 12 Throw away fish for casserole
item (8)
13 Walked the beat, taking
crawlers in case (7)
15 Claimer turns to see divine act
(7)
16 Ointment produced by soft
wood, ending in calm (6) 18 Sheets left, nine ruined (5) 20 Temptress about to do wrong
outside (5)
21 Locked room where part of
the collection turns up (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Ahead (2,3,4)
6 Disney dwarf (3) 8 Alternative name for a snow
leopard (5)
9 Come to the top (7) 10 Earliest known time in human
history (5,3)
11 ‘Thomas the ___ Engine’,
children’s story (4)
13 Being socially correct (6) 14 Call (6)
17 ___ of the valley, white flower
(4)
19 Creatures such as Dracula (8) 22 Embers (7)
23 Arouse (5)
24 Awful noise (3)
25 Citrus colour (4,5)
DOWN
1 Chains, fetters (5) 2 Aluminium sheets used for
wrapping (7)
3 November in the order of
months (8)
4 British naval flag (6) 5 Opposite of ‘light’ (4) 6 ___ Ross, Motown legend
(5)
7 Airport desk (5-2)
12 Ball of dough cooked and
served with stew (8) 13 Controlled, monitored (7) 15 Great event which cannot
be explained (7) 16 Aromatic oil used medically
or ceremonially (6)
18 Cloth from flax (5) 20 Air-raid warning device (5) 21 Battery compartment (4)