TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Root weeds out (5)
4 Drink served with good
meat that's checked (7) 8 Maxim's dog in empty pub (7) 9 South African money
needed for material (5) 10 MP interrupts girl about to
shut up (8)
12 Some ground offered in
ruin (4)
14 Journey east to accompany the German writer (6)
15 Beginning to deal with
world shortage (6)
18 Bachelor always gets pint (4) 19 Ship companion boarding
earlier (8)
21 Some free lectures for
chosen people (5) 22 Fancy silver found in one
mine (7)
24 Intelligent swimmer
working on DPhil (7) 25 Nancy's very small plait (5)
DOWN
1 Trying to excise mass: no
significant growth (7) 2 MacGregor's sense of self (3) 3 Faculty I mention in
speech (8)
4 Primate Bob sloshed, into
mother's ruin (6)
5 Home in Northumbrian
street? (4)
6 Hard nut in arranged
accident (3-3-3)
7 Fruit gives staff vitality (5) 11 Reported truce spread by
degrees (9)
13 Ringing old relative to stop
sleep (8)
16 Exploit shares on move
around noon (7)
17 Order to begin shooting in
battle (6)
18 Mix up first of banks to
offer loans (5)
20 Crone a non-starter in
desire (4)
23 Pleasant leader going to
show reserve (3)
COFFEE TIME
ACROSS
1 Stockholm native (5) 4 Cotton fabric (7)
8 Wise saying (7) 9 Glossy fabric (5) 10 Place in custody (8) 12 Loosen (4)
14 Faust dramatist (6) 15 Paucity (6)
18 Ale (4)
19 Sailing vessel (8)
21 Vote in (5)
22 Suppose (7)
24 Small toothed whale (7) 25 Lock of hair (5)
DOWN
1 Little tree (7) 2 Personal pride (3) 3 Power of vision (8)
4 Long-armed ape (6) 5 Snug retreat (4) 6 Automotive crime (3-33)
7 Tropical tree (5) 11 Gradually (9)
13 Sonorous (8)
16 Bring under control (7) 17 Litigation (6)
18 Combine (5)
20 Restless longing (4) 23 Frozen water (3)