TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
8 Cobain's band in blissful
state (7)
9 A large weapon causes
fear (5)
10 Small person reportedly
shows strength (5) 11 Shakespeare unwell providing Iago’s motivation? (3,4)
12 Fish something worthless
on its own? (5,4) 15 Fortune invested in
clothing (3)
16 Outlaw some dumb animal
(3) 17 One needing floor that's hard and carpet free? (36)
20 Collapsible shield? (7) 22 Underwater menace
swimming about (1-4) 24 Mammoth damaged leg
circling a river (5)
25 Pull dustcart taking back
bottles (7)
DOWN
1 In Glamorgan I'm a
lumbering beast (6) 2 Boast keeping rook in sack
(4)
3 Swallow meat regularly for
disciplinarian (8) 4 Is a con arranged where
gamblers throng? (6) 5 Might criminal jump this
wooden bar? (4) 6 Scoundrel given bad
account of car (8)
7 Charm a Greek character
hired out (6)
13 Cranium damaged by electronic nail treatment (8)
14 Assess girl university
brought in recently (8) 16 Beelzebub, bleeding, hiding
blister (6)
18 Untouchable dad gets hair
raised (6)
19 Nonsense consumed is
spin (6)
21 Ogle the French monarch
(4)
23 Stone from old China (4)
COFFEE TIME ACROSS
8 Perfect happiness (7) 9 Warning signal (5) 10 Power (5)
11 Animosity (3,4)
12 Edible flatfish (5,4) 15 Fate (3)
16 Prohibit (3)
17 Kelly or Astaire, e.g. (3-6) 20 Small round shield (7) 22 WW2 submarine (1-4) 24 Sizeable (5)
25 Lure or entice (7)
DOWN
1 Brutal person (6) 2 Card game (4) 3 Stickler (8) 4 Gaming premises (6) 5 Court security (4) 6 US vehicle brand (8) 7 Talisman (6)
13 Hand care (8) 14 Appraise or gauge (8) 16 Fraudulent scheme (6) 18 Outcast (6)
19 Turn about axis (6) 21 Lecherous look (4) 23 Iridescent gem (4)