2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Tradesman will complain and then go in (9)

6 Friend coming round for drink (3)

8 Bird biting head off dog (5) 9 Meet about close creative work (4, 3)

10 Worker embracing sick craftsman (8)

11 Save cracked container (4) 13 Worker’s drink (6)

14 Tim’s dizzy, encircled by baby bird (6)

17 Blocking part of the security device (4)

19 Lie dying, suffering and conceding defeat (8)

22 New rate drop withdrawn — it’s enough to make you weep (4, 3)

23 Black book in auction (5) 24 Animal you heard (3) 25 Message in New

Testament (9)

DOWN

1 Elite European crushed in squeeze (5)

2 Pull up in the back straight (7) 3 Look over ship’s make-up (8) 4 Sweet that’s mouldy, found in 60% of dentures (6)

5 Shrimp race on time (4) 6 Peruvian beast turns a shopping area over (5)

7 Plain one admitted hospital case (7)

12 Blend fuel with Epsom salts, combining everything at the start (8)

13 Help for artist emanating from father’s correspondence, for the most part (7)

15 Protector going round the limb (7)

16 Fast that is unusual for a festival (6)

18 One lifts a bird (5) 20 Outstanding king’s to dine later (5)

21 Urges, say, on banks of Ganges (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Chippy (9)

6 Circuit (3)

8 Large bird of prey (5) 9 Creation appreciated solely for its aesthetic qualities (4, 3) 10 Hatmaker (8)

11 Container for cut flowers (4) 13 Baggage handler (6) 14 Common-or-garden bird (6)

17 Canal feature (4)

19 Ceding (8)

22 Chemical employed in riot situations (4, 3)

23 Black, in heraldry (5)

24 Farm animal (3) 25 Announcement (9) DOWN 1 1960s supergroup featuring Eric Clapton (5)

2 At a fixed frequency (7) 3 Cosmetic pencil (8)

4 Chewy caramel (6)

5 Smallest of a litter (4) 6 Alpaca-like animal (5) 7 Doctor’s client (7)

12 Form one mass (8)

13 Artist’s board (7)

15 Finger protector used when sewing (7)

16 Carnival (6)

18 Building-site hoist (5) 20 Fantastic! (5)

21 Chocolate Easter goodies (4)