2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 First murderer keeps bishop in hut (5)

4 Officer shot Green Man (7)

8 Critic perhaps keeps large calendar (7)

9 China broken in sequence (5)

10 Animal spotted at Crufts? (9)

11 Match inevitably drawn? (3)

12 Local regulation we ably amended (6)

14 Wow! Lecturer seen in police line! (6)

17 Grassland in Steeple Aston (3)

19 Many left having aristocrat round (9)

22 Teacher’s timeless talk (5)

23 Mistakenly train as mechanic (7)

24 Hurried back to house conference (7)

25 Vehicle in Deal or Rye (5)

DOWN

1 CID holding up lover boy (5)

2 Liberal amended point system (7)

3 Killer in position in Jamaica (5)

4 First to light cigar blasted plant (6)

5 Presumably bottle party? (2, 3, 2)

6 Lunch held by

Zoroastrians (5)

7 It’s light to carry! (7)

12 Country lab sure to explode (7)

13 Legal case about uranium sale (7)

15 Actor’s assistant in clothing store (7)

16 Golden couple’s family helper? (2, 4)

18 Record in photo book (5)

20 Complete wreck (5)

21 Boxer Liston said to be bright (5)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Room on board (5)

4 Comprehensive (7)

8 Council worker (7)

9 Linked series (5)

10 Black and white dog (9)

11 Neckwear item (3)

12 Non-national rule (6)

14 Entrance barrier (6)

17 Pasture (3)

19 Numerous (9)

22 Jewish scholar (5)

23 Skilled technician (7)

24 Study group (7)

25 Truck (5)

DOWN

1 Eros (5)

2 Writing for the visually impaired (7)

3 Japanese mercenary (5)

4 Pungent bulb (6)

5 Impossible (2, 3, 2)

6 Sunday meal (5)

7 Portable lamp (7)

12 European republic (7)

13 Bidding event (7)

15 Bedroom bureau (7)

16 Live-in nanny (2, 4)

18 Long-playing disc (5)

20 Aggregate (5)

21 Cheerful (5)