2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

8

Rapidly seeing proton disintegration (6)

9 Song could make a girl mad (8)

10 Bath – used to be hot (4)

11 A drive gate becoming patchy (10)

12 Send home salesman, irate at being thrown out (10)

14 Change direction and go (4) 15 Hid the army supplies initially in outhouse (7)

17 Tree damaged by nail I removed is lasting (7)

19 In Tobago, big desert (4)

21 Prison might, we hear, get cave feature (10)

24 Reformed Ron could be a top chef (6, 4)

26 Section of radar kept for night-time (4)

27 See great changes in economy sea travel (8)

28 County where Graham rambles (6)

DOWN

1 Decorate with ten Roman pieces (8)

2 Girl puts together three articles (6)

3 They may change current trouble — covers rent (10)

4 Italian region not quite Lake District territory (6)

5 Lied about being lazy (4)

6 It’s a tragedy when little

Sidney pulls up flower (8)

7 Calling nurse to take in emergency initially (6)

13 Additional wall-painting unconnected with usual work (10)

16 Shallow end is kept almost tidy (4-4)

18 Second personality in reworking of ogre tale (5, 3)

20 Troop review round Iberian city (6)

22 Recovered right away when united (6)

23 French woman gets first man to interrupt me (6)

25 Stingy and close by! (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

8 As soon as possible (6)

9 Elizabethan ballad (8)

10 Bathe (4)

11 Exhibiting different colours (10)

12 Send back to one’s own country (10)

14 Change direction (4)

15 Hidden (away) (7)

17 For always (7)

19 Asian desert (4)

21 Cave-floor column (10)

24 Gourmet cookery (6, 4) 26 Opposite of “light” (4)

27 Accommodation on a ship which commands the lowest fare (8)

28 County and town in Northern Ireland (6)

DOWN

1 Bauble (8)

2 ___ Turner, television presenter (6)

3 Catalytic ___, anti-pollution devices for cars (10)

4 Italian region (6)

5 Do nothing (4)

6 Calamity (8)

7 Course of a working life (6) 13 Additional to a regular course of study (10)

16 Not as important as it seems (4-4)

18 Another side of yourself (5, 3)

20 City in northern

Portugal (6)

22 Associated (6)

23 French for “Mrs” (6)

25 At hand (4)