2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Field event competitor fired by club (4-6)

8 Boy caught lion out (5)

9 Side put out causes argument (7)

10 Head of government destroys empire, right? (7)

11 Live way out to accommodate son (5)

12 Society man to release mother and child (9)

15 Bitter cold in dry environment (5)

17 Rest to have fibbed first (3-4)

19 Alien entry in journal concerning intake (7)

20 Concerning female swan about to groom feathers (5) 21 Dressing — cry out when interrupted by a boy (5, 5)

DOWN 2

Money in hold and split fifty-fifty (5)

3 Wavy lines in note made to stretch (7)

4 Deeply mourned about having too little work (13)

5 Sense shown by head of state in gallery (5)

6 Engineers’ association gets a nostalgic meeting (7)

7 Orderly when undiluted (4)

8 Headland peak, English (4) 12 Make footnote with instrument (7)

13 Spy a railway supporter (7) 14 Girl must take in oxygen soon (4)

15 Novel idea for an assistant (4)

16 Speak slowly, doctor, law is changing (5)

18 Letter from some gazette (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Field athlete (4-6)

8 ___ Farrell, Irish actor (5) 9 Argue (7)

10 Chief (7)

11 Be (5)

12 Member of a secret brotherhood (9)

15 Biting, pungent (5)

17 Afternoon rest (3-4)

19 Concerning calorie intake (7)

20 Adjust feathers (5)

21 Cold sauce (5, 5)

DOWN

2 Bisect (5)

3 Made to stretch (7)

4 Having too little work (13) 5 Discernment (5)

6 Function where you may meet old friends (7)

7 Clean, orderly and tidy in appearance (4) 8 Cloak (4)

12 Obstetrician’s instrument (7)

13 Long-term spy, mole (7) 14 Abbreviation meaning “author unknown” (4)

15 American political assistant (4)

16 Lazy style of speech (5) 18 Final Greek letter (5)