TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES 1 Fascinating period of time
is compulsory (12) 9 Female gained victory
capturing mother (5) 10 Something sticky, claret
perhaps, last of wine (7) 11 Country organising task
with pain (8)
12 Principle, first missed by
word of mouth (4) 14 Generator disrupting
Monday (6)
15 Country ain’t turned on (6) 18 Fish by itself? (4)
20 Fuel average if fan
breaks (8)
23 Illness seen by tail wagging
around people (7)
24 A colour almost to
match (5)
25 Memory is about
accumulation (12) 2 To ply relatives with questions is a feature of Halloween (7)
3 Solitary moles, one
upset (8)
4 Put wager on boy to be
disloyal (6)
5 Boy, it’s Christmas! (4) 6 Suffer, given some plain
curry (5)
7 Mischievous sprite to smile
about ruined elm (7) 8 Hands up, and
exchange (4)
13 Eye problem in pet, a rat
keeping cold (8) 14 Hopelessness, so aspired
to be different (7) 6 Conclude no fire (7)
17 Keep a piece (6)
19 Cilla about to become
purple! (5)
21 Requirement to pummel,
we hear (4)
22 Fine source of water (4) COFFEE TIME 1 Bewitching (12)
9 Adult female (5)
10 Dark syrup (7)
11 Asian cricketing country (8) 12 By mouth (4)
14 Electricity generating
machine (6)
15 Community of people sharing one government (6)
18 Bottom of a shoe (4) 20 Colourless liquid fuel (8) 23 Affliction (7)
24 Accede (5)
25 Action of calling to
mind (12) 2 Halloween fruit (7) 3 Solitary (8)
4 Deceive (6)
5 ___ Coward, knighted
playwright (4) 6 Arouse (5) 7 Imaginary mischiefmaker
(7)
8 Barter (4)
13 Eye complaint (8) 14 Absence of hope (7) 16 Blazing fire (7) 17 Medieval fortress (6) 19 Flower or colour (5) 21 Definitely require (4) 22 In good health (4)