TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Crooked cane with red

jacket (11)

8 Paris ruined – end of

mortal coil (6)

9 Broken remains of two

big-heads during reign (6) 10 Minute in moment in year

(4)

11 Snake to track down

event on the Thames (4,4) 12 Escort turns to supporter

(6)

14 Contrived, as long topical

phrase (6)

15 Mischievous child with

cord, right and wrong (8) 17 Likelihood of regular good

odes (4)

18 Six-footer having entered

cult? (6)

19 Water boiler cooked leek

about two times (6) 20 Upset Herbert ’ s top

relative (11) DOWN

2 One terrible monster MP

in custody (12)

3 Local match in English city

(5)

4 Somewhat lethal, I

buttered fish (7)

5 Duck in painting on a

vessel (5)

6 Nothing to impress me

about trade ban (7) 7 Bruised, gloomy and

depressed (5,3,4) 13 Snake’s present,

unwrapped (7) 14 Footballer’s match? (7) 16 Erect, either way (3,2) 17 For starters, orchestra’s conductor teaches eight this musical piece (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Close-fitting

weatherproof jacket (11) 8 Coiled in a cylindrical

manner (6)

9 Broken bricks, debris (6) 10 Extremely small (4) 11 Annual event on the

Thames (4,4) 12 Close-fitting bodice (6) 14 Advertising catchphrase

(6)

15 Lacking decency (8)

17 ___ and ends, scraps (4) 18 Ant or bee, eg (6) 19 Kitchen water boiler (6) 20 Male relative by a parent’s

later marriage (11)

DOWN

2 Detention in jail (12) 3 Match between local

teams (5)

4 Fish with both eyes on the

same side of its head (7) 5 Main artery (5)

6 Banning of the export of

goods to certain countries

(7)

7 Covered in bruises (5,3,4) 13 Large snake (7) 14 Attacking footballer (7) 16 ___ job, dishonest scheme

(3-2)

17 Band of eight (5)