2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Saw cow’s comment about non-drinker (5)

4 Idle act smashed fortress (7) 8 New on street, work without break (7)

9 Drink too much in pub in Germany (5)

10 Karate blows delivered quickly? (4-4)

12 Get engaged in game show (4)

14 Hot tap-dancing in Astaire movie (3, 3)

15 Planes in the morning finding wreckage (6)

18 Swimmer in ocean and lake (4)

19 Wrong about time not ending? (8)

21 Some despair at emperor being vexed (5)

22 Ardent god having a look in (7)

24 Good Merlin developed in troublemaker (7)

25 Song about swallowing orange juice drink (5)

DOWN 1

Creature of endless renown? (4, 3)

2 Antonia carrying much weight (3) 3 One to observe pupils very closely (8)

4 Hostage-taker in cover on hill (6)

5 Large horn used by impromptu band (4)

6 Evening service? (6, 3)

7 Sheltered side at church for scrounger (5)

11 Drunken pagan hero abandoned kids here (9)

13 Suave socialite making broadcast? (8)

16 Smile as upsetting girl (7) 17 Strong woman in river (6) 18 Chant about western jazz style (5)

20 Went down hill (4)

23 Artist from Acton outskirts (3)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Guiding maxim (5)

4 Stronghold (7)

8 Incessant (7)

9 Spree (5)

10 Without delay (4-4) 12 Interlock (4)

14 Formal headgear (3, 3) 15 Discarded cargo (6)

18 Aquatic mammal (4) 19 Deathless (8)

21 Furious (5)

22 Fervent (7) 24 Fault-causing sprite (7) 25 Spanish wine region (5)

DOWN

1 Tailless feline (4, 3)

2 Century (3)

3 Eye specialist (8)

4 One confining another (6) 5 Brass instrument (4)

6 Crockery (6, 3)

7 Bloodsucker (5)

11 Children’s home (9)

13 Charmingly elegant (8) 16 Female name (7)

17 Female warrior (6)

18 Oscillate (5)

20 Plummeted (4)

23 Peace activist Yoko (3)