TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Lion god takes time on slope (6) 5 A short puzzle with old name for flower (6) 8 Main bank initially refunded charge back (4) 9 Shell group function (8) 10 Nasty old towel rolling in it (4-2-2) 11 Brad observed in Bologna illicitly (4) 12 Ada and Meg may cause harm (6) 15 Sanctuary quiet in Asian metropolis (6) 17 Song and religious instruction in AA (4) 19 One buzzing with energy? (4,4) 22 Excellent? Not at Sunningdale! (5,3) 23 One is chasing British bird (4) 24 Leader once in battle epic (6) 25 Power, green, ruined Yankee (6)

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2 Scandinavian vegetable (5) 3 Chap twice given a forage crop (7) 4 Key rings prohibited (5) 5 Add iron to build robot (7) 6 A white bird that blocks Nile (5) 7 Hero is good, moving like Shrek? (7) 13 Entertainer in coat with bra malfunctioning (7) 14 Curved shape different outside boundary (7) 16 Common fellow I schooled (3-4) 18 Iron block in sylvan village (5) 20 River Severn's poetry (5) 21 With remorse destroy government (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Like italics (6) 5 Female warrior (6) 8 Coral ridge (4) 9 Car's exterior (8) 10 Wealthy (4-2-2) 11 Carpentry fastener (4) 12 Impair (6) 15 Greek oracle site (6) 17 Operatic piece (4) 19 Energetic person (4,4) 22 Very good (5,3) 23 Long-billed wader (4) 24 Wartime politician Clement (6) 25 Vigour (6)

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2 Stockholm native (5) 3 Fodder plant (7) 4 Unmentionable (5) 5 Smartphone system (7) 6 City on the Nile (5) 7 Monstrous (7) 13 Circus gymnast (7) 14 Squashed circle (7) 16 Society's dregs (3-4) 18 Ear bone (5) 20 Stanza (5) 21 Experiencing regret (5)