2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Where trainer found fungal disease! (8, 4)

9 Nut is able to exercise first (5)

10 Rod on instrument of torture, so jeer (7)

11 Selections involving cold, cold desserts (4-4)

12 Brave bloke captured by another one (4)

14 Urge few, shortly perhaps, to provide shelter (6)

15 Gamble about donkey and dog (6)

18 Large number request a barrel (4)

20 Chap I heal with hand treatment (8)

23 Wood resin to disappear round back of chair (7) 24 Vagrant finds transport quiet (5)

25 Maze of tunnels in war, barren bit rebuilt (6, 6)

DOWN

2 Mark as present, but reprimand (4, 3)

3 Instances of coming down at the top of the stairs? (8)

4 Stone slab for furniture item at end of street (6)

5 Agile head of security to be nosy (4)

6 Speak with duck, rodent and egghead (5)

7 Remove cake without topping eaten by illegal trader (4, 3)

8 Long film seen in the picturehouse (4)

13 Run around one’s gas cylinder (8)

14 Provide shelter again and get better (7)

16 South African custom to make meat product (7)

17 Nut to eat, as swallowed (6) 19 Woody plant, possibly brush (5)

21 Notice entrance initially by James Bond? (4)

22 Little time for one little skirt (4)

COFFEE-TIME

ACROSS

1 Toe infection (8, 4)

9 Edible nut of the hickory tree (5)

10 Boo (7)

11 Frozen rectangular blocks to eat (4-4)

12 Book’s good guy (4)

14 Place of safety (6)

15 ___ hound, hunting dog (6) 18 Barrel, butt (4)

20 Professional treatment for nails and hands (8)

23 Glossy surface coating (7) 24 Homeless wanderer (5) 25 Underground area for bunnies (6, 6)

DOWN

2 Rebuke (4, 3)

3 Acts of unloading troops on enemy territory (8)

4 Capsule, pill (6)

5 Active, especially of an elderly person (4)

6 Declaim (5)

7 Remove, extract (4, 3)

8 Long adventure film (4) 13 Container (8)

14 Become healthy again (7) 16 Chipolata (7) 17 Kidney-shaped nut (6) 19 Any bushy plant (5) 21 Behold (4)

22 Short skirt (4)