Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Bone in fruit having an angle? (7)

5 Surprise gift for nurse (5)

8 Swim and move slowly (5)

9 Accept hug (7)

10 Facing pot with pie so cooked (8)

11 Boss needs time in French south (4)

13 Golden snooker ball (6)

15 The ancients were counting on this (6)

18 Lover's meeting in tree (4)

19 Second thoughts in icy extremitie­s? (4,4)

22 Artist in boat for torrent (7)

23 Hater destroyed our planet (5)

24 Unlikely year for match (5)

25 Ordinary person sure to succeed (7)

DOWN

1 Jobs on the line here? (7)

2 Gruesome trophy in fiscal policy (5)

3 Sick American one on for fantasy (8)

4 Get hot working in poor quarter (6)

5 Large horn from Bath area (4)

6 Resilient one in derelict castle (7)

7 Market direction in fashion (5)

12 Discipline­d doctor tied bone (8)

14 Boring drunk left after time (7)

16 Guevara posed first with large bag (7)

17 Run leaping over nine hedges? (6)

18 United in arrears in first performanc­e (5)

20 Fear going topless causes sin (5)

21 On guard in conflict with Yankee (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Trawler's work (7)

5 Minister to (5)

8 Go on hands and knees (5)

9 Cuddle (7)

10 Antithesis (8)

11 Fastener (4)

13 Cowardly (6)

15 Early calculator (6)

18 Appointmen­t (4)

19 Strong apprehensi­on (4,4)

22 Bombardmen­t (7)

23 Soil (5)

24 Correspond (5)

25 Unaffected (7)

DOWN

1 Manufactur­ing plant (7)

2 Skin on head (5)

3 Mirage (8)

4 Slum area (6)

5 Brass instrument (4)

6 Flexible (7)

7 Vogue (5)

12 Conforming (8)

14 Verbatim (7)

16 Schoolbag (7)

17 Wield authority (6)

18 Entrance into society (5)

20 Blunder (5)

21 Cautious (4)

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