2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Trouble in stalag group (5)

4 Adored as no longer so lazy? (7)

8 Who provides better information? (7)

9 Gym expert demands silence (5)

10 Ship companion boarding earlier (8)

12 Fake salt served with meat (4)

14 Gene spinning round in motor (6)

15 Boil these, exploding with energy (6)

18 Egyptian port mentioned (4) 19 I’m writer drunk inside and rude (8)

21 Nation appears in Kremlin dialogue (5)

22 Recklessness in musicians playing (7)

24 Honest ingenue corrupt (7) 25 Chuck out old fur coat that’s short (5)

DOWN

1 Performer one at rest moved around (7)

2 Split in bag appeared (3)

3 Retiring or extrovert? (8)

4 Canine one attracting passers-by (6) 5 Notice European agent (4)

6 Get this cooked: old man in for food (9)

7 Doctor West arises in vision (5)

11 Tormented husband dreading upset (9)

13 Repair wounded veteran, covering hole (8)

16 Outside, shunning cross, but immortal (7)

17 Demon drink for Spike (6)

18 Former Police man has some trust in God (5)

20 Star witnesses not entirely marvellous (4)

23 Swim among barramundi perhaps (3)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Hostility (5)

4 Consecrated (7)

8 Racing pundit (7) 9 Tranquility (5)

10 Sherry glass (8) 12 Bogus (4)

14 Locomotive (6) 15 Fume (6)

18 Uttered (4)

19 Discourteous (8) 21 Subcontinent (5) 22 Forsake (7)

24 Bona fide (7)

25 Oust or eject (5)

DOWN

1 Entertainer (7)

2 Fissure (3)

3 Expenditure (8)

4 Circus tout (6)

5 Observe (4)

6 Pasta strings (9)

7 Reverie (5)

11 Haunted by anxieties (9) 13 Refurbish (8)

16 Everlasting (7)

17 Transfix (6)

18 Sharp pain (5)

20 Wise men (4)

23 Depression (3)