TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Royal’s cost about billion,

finally (6)

4 A second aquatic bird to

the rear (6)

8 Make merry over in bar (5) 9 Male bird finds duty list

involving duck (7) 10 Insensitive visit by old

American (7)

11 Pack animal in a shopping centre going the wrong way (5)

12 Cast doubt on record?

Tried, stupidly (9)

17 More than enough beer

politician’s got in (5) 19 One friend collects Italian

copy (7)

21 Try to lure volunteers back

initially (7)

22 Some latticework in the

room (5)

23 Small piano in this place for

ball (6)

24 Bride greedy to receive

academic award (6)

DOWN

1 Imposing building in area round centre of Caracas (6) 2 Patient, awfully vain,

shown on cover (7) 3 Unusual object may make

you inquisitive, not us (5) 5 Piece of pottery stained

on the outside is ruined (7) 6 More found in next

rack (5)

7 Ordinary girl, first to

leave (6)

9 Coach, amongst others,

shows self-discipline (9) 13 Vessel’s master, at sea,

rounding Cape at last (7) 14 Turncoat, flushed out at

riot, runs (7)

15 Misuse of a rash scheme

originally to intimidate (6) 16 To free from danger, secure

releases (6)

18 Tar, substance covering top

of carriageway (5)

20 Idol in game, I fancy (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Monarch’s son (6)

4 Aft (6)

8 Bar for prising (5) 9 Cockerel (7)

10 Cruel, hard-hearted (7) 11 Alpaca-like animal (5) 12 Black mark (9) 17 Abundant (5)

19 Copy (7)

21 Bid (7)

22 Loft room (5)

23 Ball, orb (6) 24 Academic award (6)

DOWN

1 Crystal ___, football

club (6)

2 Having no legal force (7) 3 Collector’s item (5) 5 Coddled (7) 6 Actor in a crowd scene (5) 7 According to custom or

habit (6)

9 Confinement, detention

(9)

13 Apparatus for cooking in

water vapour (7) 14 Disloyal person (7) 15 Annoy (6)

16 Help out of danger (6) 18 ___ black, totally dark (5) 20 Mental picture (5)