TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Film success, or disaster (7) 5 If led astray, don’t bat! (5) 8 Sound way to find country

house (5)

9 Card game occupying

American, a stalemate (7) 10 Hurry to find grass (4) 11 Point on spear, grating (8) 13 Instrument rich and sharp,

do play! (11)

17 Novel place to reserve suit

(8)

19 Mark’s second vehicle (4) 21 Bread man swallowed,

unfinished one (7) 22 Thumb proving problem

(5)

23 Wait to start play (5) 24 Citadel where milker upset

churn finally (7)

DOWN

1 Old train company during

period, sound quality (6) 2 Country is one circled by

fish (7)

3 Geek some winner?

Doubtless! (4)

4 Bird follows parasite, which passes through sausage? (8,5)

5 Attic window is article

seen during aeroplane trip

(8)

6 Follow blokes heading off

with girl (5)

7 Draws up gusts of wind,

audibly (6)

12 Step into wise, modern era

(5,3)

14 Reading performance, make

it clear (7)

15 A taxi reversing over us, you

can count on it! (6)

16 Child needing care starts to order roast pork, hamburgers and nuggets (6)

18 Where happy person walking

when broadcasting? (2,3) 20 Mum has one empty

footwear item (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 1912 iceberg-disaster ship (7) 5 Meadow (5)

8 Country estate (5)

9 Card game related to rummy

(7)

10 Hurry (4)

11 Grating (8)

13 Old keyboard instrument (11) 17 Shelves for reading matter (8) 19 Blemish (4)

21 Indian unleavened loaf (7) 22 Fasten (5)

23 Attend to (customers) (5) 24 Moscow citadel (7)

DOWN

1 Quality of sound (6)

2 African country that contains the ancient ruins of Carthage (7)

3 Dork (4)

4 Party-nibbles skewer (8,5) 5 Semicircular window (8) 6 Be consequent on (5) 7 Gusts of wind, or plans (6) 12 Futuristic (5-3)

14 Classical music

performance (7)

15 Ancient counting frame (6) 16 Child rendered parentless

(6)

18 Broadcasting live (2,3) 20 Brogue, eg (4)