Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8 Pool man in trouble invites ridicule (7)

9 Spear in butcher's no good (5)

10 Set to falsify papers (5)

11 Part in dental examinatio­n going round (7)

12 Double up in ruined citadel (9)

15 Fortune to keep after taxes (3)

16 Three-quarter moon is low (3)

17 Awkward when dancing I'm shafted (3-6)

20 City abroad ace on my birthday? (7)

22 Still batting but no boundaries in Perth? (5)

24 Arts supporter in facility left (5)

25 Rare vacant tenancy agreement being free (7)

DOWN

1 Red-faced female noble quaffing one (6)

2 Son, idiot, complacent (4)

3 Swimmer winning medal initially for his swimming (8)

4 An ape shunning hostile goat (6)

5 Cry about Liberal being boor (4)

6 Gut feeling vague when Di vanishes (8)

7 Fanatic from Zimbabwe’s outside often (6)

13 Advance publicity given by ferocious woman (8)

14 Match-fit? (8)

16 Microphone essential for Rooney? (6)

18 Thin writer with terrible rage (6)

19 Indecision from Burundi therapist (6)

21 Otto's loaded, displaying capital (4)

23 Test old lover before noon (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

8 Attack with satire (7)

9 Jousting weapon (5)

10 Fixed (5)

11 Eye socket (7)

12 Copy (9)

15 Mesh (3)

16 Bovine sound (3)

17 Clumsy (3-6)

20 Spanish province (7)

22 Non-reactive (5)

24 Painter's tripod (5)

25 Liberate (7)

DOWN

1 Overly ornate (6)

2 Self-satisfied (4)

3 Small orange carp (8)

4 Silky wool (6)

5 Sloven (4)

6 Innate behaviour (8)

7 Extreme enthusiast (6)

13 Forward movement (8)

14 Entitled or suitable (8)

16 Cartoon mouse (6)

18 Scanty in amount (6)

19 Shilly-shally (6)

21 Scandinavi­an capital (4)

23 Academic assessment (4)

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