TAKE A BREAK

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Promise Penny unfinished

record book (6)

4 Aimlessly drifting in a milk

van (6)

8 Vegetable, an ingredient

of cannelloni once (5) 9 Can seabird find

Monmouthshire abbey? (7) 10 Priggish person absorbing the

Spanish piece of music (7) 11 Pantomime character made

to perform (4)

13 Express pity for some time,

car broken down (11) 17 Shift piece of jetsam

overboard (4)

18 Most just stare if strange (7) 21 Country virus, no matter

which (7)

22 A fraction behind the

runner-up (5)

23 Draw small boat (6) 24 Abolish English? That'll

lead to a predicament! (6)

DOWN

1 Nudge on time? (6) 2 Banish former partner to

French island (5)

3 Two drinks needed before

my card game (3,5) 5 Excellent penalty (4) 6 Girl, during month, gets to

ham it up (7)

7 Vehicle for two in violet

and emerald (6)

9 Set off twice with shrewd

insect (6,3)

12 Oddly, a strict one held to

be creative (8)

14 Sort of verbose

counterpart (7)

15 I'm a long time getting the

pictures (6)

16 Unfortunate dog set to get

heavy food (6)

19 Heather, or another girl (5) 20 Some dental cream and

powder (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Assurance, promise (6) 4 Aboard ship (6)

8 Big shallot (5)

9 Name of a ruined abbey on the River Wye near Chepstow (7) 10 Introduction (7)

11 Panto drag character (4) 13 Empathise (with) (11) 17 Relocate (4)

18 Most equitable (7) 21 Berlin's country (7)

22 In bronze medal position (5) 23 Brief outline, or short

comedy scene (6) 24 Abrade (6)

DOWN

1 Cue (6)

2 Ban from residence in your

nation (5)

3 Popular card game (3,5) 5 Money penalty (4) 6 Exaggerate (7) 7 Bicycle built for two (6) 9 African disease-carrying

insect (6,3)

12 Good at painting, drawing

etc (8)

14 Head-bearing side of a

coin (7)

15 Likenesses (6)

16 Fattening food (6) 19 Collective name for plants

of the heather family (5) 20 After-bath powder (4)