2-Speed Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Dizzy, like a miner? (5-6) 9 Food made from pork, maybe, is a non-starter (3) 10 Sort of Western pasta (9) 11 Selections involving cold, cold desserts (4-4)
12 One found in Inverness cottage? (4)
14 Morning test lacking principles (6)
16 Relative from America in the money (6)
18 Regime making one expire before time (4)
19 Regretted departmental chaos, some made redundant (8)
22 Liquid forms being sought here? (9)
23 Proceeded to include old bird (3)
24 Brief moment when insects plod around (5, 6)
DOWN
2 Opening of main trombone piece (5)
3 Slot a hip replacement in here? (8)
4 He’d beer inside, made better (6) 5 Haughty leader in great pain (4)
6 Lures some apprentice, surreptitiously (7)
7 Red machines made goods (11)
8 Easy target, not standing for score of nought (7, 4)
13 Fir cones involved with such investigative science (8)
15 Partly cover beyond circuit (7)
17 So Carl confused Christmas songs (6)
20 Italian city, one in spin (5) 21 Case starts to expand taking underwear inside (4) COFFEE TIME ACROSS 1 Dizzy and rather faint (5-6) 9 Devour (3)
10 Long pasta strands (9) 11 Frozen desserts with a brown coating (4-4)
12 Person from Glasgow, eg (4)
14 Having no ethics (6)
16 Male or female relative (6) 18 Eat less to lose weight (4) 19 Expressed sorrow (8) 22 Answers to a puzzle (9) 23 Gigantic mythical bird (3) 24 Instant (5, 6)
DOWN
2 Opening passage of music (5)
3 Place for treating the sick (8) 4 Cured (6)
5 Dull throbbing pain (4)
6 Lures, tempts (7)
7 Things offered for sale (11) 8 Easy victim or target (7,4) 13 Relating to scientific methods for solving crime (8) 15 Coincide partially (7) 17 Seasonal hymns (6) 20 Northwest Italian city (5) 21 Small case for holding needles (4)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: Red herring 8 Briar 9 Incisor 10 Frantic 11 Young 12 Expertise 15 Throb 17 Assumes 19 Nairobi 20 Ditto 21 Remunerate
DOWN: 2 Erica 3 Hardtop 4 Reincarnation 5 (T)Itchy
6 Gesture 7 Drug 8 Buff 12 Earlier 13 Insider 14 Oslo 15 Tiny 16 Broom 18 Motet