TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Caustic joke by bloke (7) 5 None found in small
department store (5) 8 Snug, like a miser (5) 9 Don’t vote with a black
mark (7)
10 Scoring feat with magician
and rabbit? (3-5)
11 Lied about being out of
work (4)
13 Hair fixer for heavy
wave (6)
15 Gambler improved (6) 18 Wise person finding
herb (4) 19 Grounds for changing
men's diet (8)
22 General about to
expand (7)
23 Problem struck church (5) 24 Canoe moves two
ways (5)
25 Some lad or man that's
sleeping (7)
DOWN
1 One who throws a jug (7) 2 Near end of twilight, or
beyond it? (5)
3 See irate characters in
restaurants (8)
4 Canter round in an
abstracted manner (6) 5 Money needed to make
party quiet (4)
6 Show of praise mine,
accepting praise (7) 7 Perhaps past showing the
strain (5)
12 Crack code that’s rich and
deep, cryptically (8) 14 Yell about grabbing girl in
lawful manner (7) 16 Vermin caught on top of the strange toothed device (7)
17 Old story afoot? (6) 18 Talk of second summit (5) 20 Surplus in next ration (5) 21 Long walk starts to tire
ramblers, every kind (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Acid, sharp (7)
5 Bus garage (5)
8 Close, compact (5) 9 Avoid alcohol (7) 10 Bowler’s three wickets in a
row (3-5)
11 Do nothing (4)
13 Big wave (6)
15 ___ the devil you know,
common saying (6)
18 ___ and onion, stuffing
flavour (4)
19 Deposit (8)
22 Expand (7)
23 Fasten (5)
24 Canoe made of skins (5) 25 Asleep (7)
DOWN
1 Ewer (7)
2 ‘Silent’ ___, Christmas
carol (5)
3 Bistros, cafes etc (8) 4 Cataleptic state (6) 5 Lolly, brass (4) 6 Enthusiastic approval (7) 7 Anxious (5)
12 Break the code of (8) 14 According to the law (7) 16 Design of screwdriver (7) 17 Popular myth (6) 18 Communicate with the
voice (5)
20 Actor in a crowd scene (5) 21 Journey on foot (4)