TAKE A BREAK
TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Use crates, shifting tool for
cutting (9)
6 Worker in pantaloons (3) 8 Oz, where spring hasn't
begun (5)
9 Short distance strangely
seen as enormous (7)
10 If sword passes between left
and right you get a title (4,4) 11 Request, asking for quiet
meadow (4)
13 Menace that accepts
religious teachings (6) 14 Smart, and quick (6) 17 Receiver of sound
appreciation finally gaining
merit (4)
19 Severely cut material value (8) 22 Top food brings change of
mood (7)
23 Some foundered below (5) 24 Purpose to conclude (3) 25 Tradesman will complain
and then go in (9)
DOWN
1 Reel closed curves up (5) 2 Discuss protecting one
tree (7)
3 He acts well, though he
paints badly (8)
4 Brought together nude, it
is appalling! (6)
5 Problem beginning to
purify oil store (4)
6 Cancel book, not author's
first (5)
7 They admit blame – it
does them good (7)
12 Sue nicer, perhaps, though
lacking in confidence (8) 13 Create concoction incorporating dash of liqueur, sweet stuff (7) 15 Clapping to praise during
depression (7)
16 Run fast through one's
working life (6)
18 Quick to get caught in trap, I declare (5)
20 Dread losing first letter –
it's a mistake (5)
21 Element, ultimate in carbon (4) COFFEE TIME
ACROSS
1 Clippers (9)
6 Common insect (3) 8 Alternative name for a
snow leopard (5) 9 Boundless (7)
10 House of Lords member (4,4) 11 Begging request (4) 13 Danger (6)
14 Inclined to speak irritably (6) 17 Be paid (4)
19 Cut (8)
22 Fancy, whim (7)
23 Below, beneath (5) 24 Bring to a conclusion (3) 25 Person who does
woodwork (9)
DOWN
1 Bobbin (5)
2 Evergreen tree (7)
3 Actor (8)
4 Amalgamated, combined (6) 5 Car engine's oil reservoir (4) 6 Cancel (5)
7 Course of treatment for a
disorder (7)
12 Exposed to danger (8) 13 Dark syrup (7) 15 Enthusiastic approval (7) 16 Hurtle (6)
18 Brisk (5)
20 Blunder (5) 21 Bluish-white metallic
element (4)
THE BOTTOM LINE
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