TAKE A BREAK TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Turn aside fault involving
Labour leader (7)
5 Spinach ordinarily covers
Mexican snack (5)
8 First in theatre spots litter
(5)
9 Financially rescue Lou, having been consumed by temptation (4,3)
10 Some lasso horses in an area
of London (4)
11 Burning garden features, black ones surrounding tree (8)
13 Known facts of the first
Bible book (5) 14 A little liberal with one legal
excuse (5)
19 Awkward in an ugly fashion
(8)
21 Came by a roundabout
route to peak (4) 23 Gamble, accepting chance
for a cut of meat (7) 24 Clothes-horse from Ireland,
say (5)
25 John was in the hotel
tonight (5)
26 Disreputable airmen
flounder, perhaps (7)
DOWN
1 Hate primarily difficult
English exam (6) 2 Trepidation about the bird’s
covering (7)
3 It resounds in the choir (4) 4 Baby holds in cry of
displeasure, as well (2,4) 5 Manicurist’s tool should fail
badly in river (4-4)
6 Singers, one entering basic
job, shortly (5)
7 It’s not acute, stupid! (6) 12 Richard caught in tangled
nets, in trouble (8)
15 Evil one round vehicle with
drink (7)
16 Parent able to ignore a
murmur (6)
17 Lustre transformed area of
Ireland (6)
18 Fireplace floor, centre hot (6) 20 Grand dressing is flash (5)
22 Baby cow’s leg part (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Divert (7)
5 Corn chip served with
melted cheese (5)
8 Garbage (5)
9 Escape from an aeroplane
(4,3)
10 District in central London (4) 11 Allotment burn-ups (8) 13 Actuality (5)
14 Claim of being elsewhere at
the time of a crime (5) 19 Awkward (8)
21 Apex (4)
23 Cut of beef (7) 24 Clothes-drying machine (5) 25 ___ John, knighted pianist (5) 26 Devil-may-care (7)
DOWN
1 Abhor (6)
2 Lightweight item inside a
duvet (7)
3 Bounced sound (4) 4 As well, in addition (2,4) 5 Emery board (4-4) 6 Church singers (5) 7 Annoyingly insensitive (6) 12 Afflicted (8)
15 Brand of rum (7)
16 Speak in a low indistinct
voice (6)
17 Armagh’s province (6) 18 Fireplace (6)
20 Brief flash of light (5) 22 Animal from which veal is
obtained (4)