Sunday Times

2-Speed Crossword

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Attire of thoughtful person, unlike Henry VIII, on top (8, 3) 8 Even so, moth was metamorpho­sed (6)

9 Old city chap requiring immediate attention (6)

10 Man, for instance, is given foreign article (4)

11 Girl overcame resistance to frozen water (8)

12 Clever bishop's correct (6) 14 Frank standing to speak freely (4, 2)

15 Bite a lip nervously, arousing sympathy (8)

17 Turn to see some bread (4) 18 Rod, he's moved to the island (6)

19 Some pretend earnestly to arouse affection (6)

20 Awful fear and peril to rapidly increase (11)

DOWN

2 Pad directly to last part (4, 8) 3 Promptly goes back to east for looped rope (5)

4 Reside in hospital for a while (7)

5 A dog wandering round university finds the cheese (5)

6 Pour gravel on a holiday region (7)

7 Really strange nautical detail (2, 6, 4)

13 It settled in Holland before the euro came (7)

14 Person inwardly breaking nose, pixie (7)

16 Herb makes graduates ill, almost (5)

17 Two-way detection system (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Put on your ___, consider a problem (8, 3)

8 Even-surfaced (6)

9 Burning, vital (6)

10 Body of land surrounded by water (4)

11 Heroine of Shakespear­e’s “Much Ado about Nothing” (8) 12 Bold, vivid (6)

14 Begin business for the day (4, 2)

15 Arousing sympathy (8) 17 Move like a ball (4)

18 Greek island, site of the Colossus (6)

19 Arouse affection (6) 20 Abound (11)

DOWN

2 Concluding part (4, 8) 3 Hangman's loop (5) 4 Occupy (7)

5 Dutch cheese (5) 6 Popular holiday region of Portugal (7)

7 Indeed, really (2, 6, 4)

13 Former monetary unit of the Netherland­s (7)

14 Individual­ly (7)

16 Herb used in Italian cookery (5)

17 Aircraft detection system (5)

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