2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Notice there’s no going back — absolutely right! (4, 2)

4 Before noon, gets through and entertains (6)

8 Walk at a leisurely pace with Mabel, shivering (5)

9 Dusk makes mummy’s boy, by the sound of it, depressed (7)

10 Episode church finds more fitting? (7)

11 Two boys of high birth (5) 12 Language used by outlaw hiding right where hay is stored (5, 4)

17 Sweeper needs bit of breathing space (5)

19 Hold back a substitute (7) 21 Willpower about to crack (7) 22 Courageous British party (5)

23 Like a seabird behind a ship (6)

24 Burning some garden trash (6)

DOWN

1 Rare fright involving council’s leader (6)

2 In an aircraft, where the directors are? (2, 5)

3 Evident through time (5) 5 Junior going on about an island in the Med (7)

6 Second Conservative in plot (5)

7 Only one vest? Not quite (6) 9 Well up about daily getting extra? (9)

13 An acrobat — one can hold a drink (7)

14 Raced over to judge to tell the tale (7)

15 I bear off across one European peninsula (6)

16 Failing to change sides (6) 18 Start on TV (5)

20 Awful bores, on the wagon? (5)

COFFEE-TIME

ACROSS

1 Accurately placed (4, 2) 4 Causes laughter (6) 8 Gentle walk (5) 9 Cowboys’ dusk (7) 10 Book division (7) 11 Of the monarchy (5) 12 Farm building with no walls (5, 4)

17 Besom (5)

19 (Team) substitute (7) 21 Determination (7) 22 Bold, fearless (5)

23 Aft (6)

24 Dead keen (6)

DOWN

1 Hard to come by (6) 2 In a ship (2, 5)

3 Blatant (5)

5 Balearic island (7)

6 Short literary work (5) 7 Individual (6)

9 Additional fee (9)

13 Acrobat (7)

14 Provide a commentary (7) 15 Spain/Portugal peninsula (6)

16 Blemish, fault (6) 18 Beginning (5) 20 Clear-headed (5)