2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 True, same ape breaks flexible rule (4, 7)

8 A pie’s set up in layers (6)

9 Beetle, perhaps, entering cult? (6)

10 Yours truly claims work makes you sad (4)

11 God given the working temple in Rome (8)

12 Knock over spinning toy produced initially by the

French (6)

14 Paul and Co created the dome (6)

15 Parasites seen in development by landlord (8)

17 It’s expensive, darling (4)

18 Many a sail was damaged in port (6)

19 Invalidate north-east entrance (6)

20 I’m into inactive type of rock (11)

DOWN

2 Immense problem with Mars location (12)

3 Lift up head of elk, dead (5)

4 Illustrative fact used to be enough (7)

5 Descendant, male, about

101 (5)

6 It produces syrup from ship ore (7)

7 One organising the classroom! (12)

13 Priest requires quiet to tell a story (7)

14 Has a tendency to go in church to wash (7)

16 Huss ordered for one Japanese dish (5)

17 Finger finds how to make a hole? (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Calibrated flexible strip (4, 7) 8 Geological layers (6)

9 Ant or bee, eg (6)

10 Act dejectedly (4)

11 All the gods of a religion, collectively (8)

12 Become unsteady and fall (6)

14 Concave ceiling (6)

15 Landlord (of a public house) (8)

17 Beloved (4)

18 City and seaport of northern France (6)

19 Annul (6)

20 Class of rock (11)

DOWN

2 Concerning the study of celestial bodies (12)

3 Encourage, rouse (5)

4 Case in point (7)

5 Descendant of a family (5) 6 Berry-like fruit (7)

7 Male teacher (12) 13 High-ranking priest (7)

14 Make pure (7)

16 Japanese dish (5)

17 Any of the numerals from nought to nine (5)