2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 One side of Glasgow (6) 4 Person responsible may be brought to book (6) 7 Stern nurse (4) 8 Set aside for a beginner to discover (8) 9 Be successful at spelling? (7) 12 Fiddle about with missile launcher (3) 14 Excessively and twice as well (3-3) 15 More suitable for man from Gas Board (6) 16 Dash into animal (3) 18 Fool the French with dribble (7) 22 TV programme with a wide viewpoint (8) 23 Animal to drill soundly (4) 24 Feel sorry for soldiers cooped up (6) 25 Plight of mischievous child (6) DOWN 1 Fish to put its name down for chips (9) 2 Make way for holiday accommodation (5, 4) 3 Collision money is about right (5) 4 Nobody left out of wrestling (3, 2) 5 Instant approval from teacher (4) 6 Better picnic (5) 10 Influence of strike (5) 11 Lean on king to meditate (5) 12 What reader might do according to prescribed procedure (2, 3, 4) 13 Toil to make labour available (4, 5) 17 Degrade a depot (5) 19 Yorkshire’s joint companion on Sunday (5) 20 Church joins current title holder (5) 21 Disfigurement on face of spy (4) COFFEE TIME ACROSS 1 Scots footballers (6) 4 Writer (4) 7 Back (4) 8 Apportion (8) 9 Charm (7) 12 Submit (3) 14 Extremely (3-3) 15 In better health (6) 16 Aries (3) 18 Flow in drops (7) 22 Unbroken view (8) 23 Pig (4) 24 Regret (6) 25 Preserve in brine (6) DOWN 1 Woodworker (9) 2 Save space (5, 4) 3 Ruin (5) 4 Exhausted (3, 2) 5 Credit (4) 6 Surpass (5) 10 Dishcloth (5) 11 Consider (5) 12 Sticking to the rules (2, 3, 4) 13 People available for employment (4, 5) 17 Lower (5) 19 Cook in oven (5) 20 Chew noisily (5) 21 Jetty (4) LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Out of sight 8 Beat 9 Rhodesia 10 Just so 11 Nearly 12 We’d 13 Bluff 15 Wench 17 Sop 19 Sticky 21 At home 23 Banister 24 Vain 25 No man’s land DOWN: 2 Unequal 3 Octet 4 Sorrow 5 Ground 6 Teenage 7 Oriel 14 Faction 16 Campion 17 System 18 Patron 20 Train 22 Hovel