TAKE A BREAK
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Sort of group in centre (5) 4 Noise about king drinking
coffee (7)
8 Amy accepts cosy place in
human rights group (7) 9 Romeo gripped by
theatrical muscle pain (5) 10 How heat might knock one
out? (9)
11 Day in Coleraine (3) 12 Fighting lion say devouring
unruly mob (6)
14 Firmly established equine
facility (6)
17 Answer Roman Catholic in
Bow (3) 19 Retentive beast born ugly
(9)
22 Youngster in South Africa
needs aqualung (5) 23 Double agent picked up
booze (7)
24 Jolly good city like
Moscow (7)
25 500 on ship wear formal
clothes (5)
DOWN
1 Setting for snooker
encounter? (5)
2 Swindle hard to prove (7) 3 Posh sons in boat cut fare
from Japan (5)
4 Little island fellow is
reptile (6) 5 Old canine weirdly
beginning to talk (7) 6 Provoke supporters on
course verbally (5) 7 Substitute carp with eel
for cooking (7) 12 Outstanding group in
charge (7)
13 Nevada man Tom keeps
resolute (7)
15 Buzz about this 60s hairdo?
(7)
16 Celestial as river in short
story (6)
18 Idiot's much-changed
party leader (5)
20 Fleet shows power in
attack (5)
21 Bangkok folk assembled
initially in this (5)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
1 Concentrate (5) 4 Racket (7)
8 Official pardon (7) 9 Restrict or hinder (5) 10 Do away with (9) 11 Epoch (3)
12 Battle against (6) 14 Steady (6)
17 Curve (3) 19 Permeable (9) 22 Diver's equipment (5) 23 Facsimile (7)
24 Funds (7)
25 Frock (5)
DOWN
1 Incriminate (5) 2 Substantiate (7) 3 Asian fish dish (5) 4 Small crocodilian (6) 5 Prehistoric (7) 6 Taunt or bait (5) 7 Put back (7) 12 Traditional (7) 13 Unyielding (7) 15 Apiary (7)
16 Stellar (6)
18 Fool (5)
20 Moving quickly (5) 21 Asian people (5)