TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Dirty person's back of neck (6) 5 Cat burglar's opening grave (4) 8 Theatrical long-runner and catcher (9) 9 Go wrong after little hesitation, right (3) 11 Swear-word emerges from loo at home (4) 12 Putting things on sauce (8) 14 Problem having to hurry round the south-east (6) 16 Bit of cloth fellow put round monster (6) 18 Where the essence is in crazy nightmare (8) 19 Knocks back in fight (4) 22 First person reported to survey (3) 23 Army display when April's begun? (5,4) 24 Wolf injured the bird (4) 25 End of argument – viewpoint creating confusion (6)

DOWN

2 Sum up for continental nobleman (5) 3 Employer sets you and me before the Queen (4) 4 Expensive material, raw mineral, creating wild excitement (6) 5 Picture pretty as could be (8) 6 Coming across yours truly, get in stew (7) 7 Little devil, once rat, wrecked status (10) 10 A green tree about to produce again (10) 13 Live animal eating hot sauce (8) 15 Decorative style of red coat ordered (3,4) 17 Cartel fermenting wine (6) 20 Contents of oyster and fruit left (5) 21 Country loses a prominent feature (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Back of the neck (6) 5 Burial vault (4) 8 Snare for household vermin (9) 9 Be incorrect (3) 11 Avowal (4) 12 Adorning (8) 14 Conundrum (6) 16 Chinese zodiac creature (6) 18 Almond's casing (8) 19 Box without serious intention (4) 22 Hole of a needle (3) 23 Formal parade by troops (5,4) 24 Any bird kept for its eggs and flesh (4) 25 Confused interwoven mass (6)

DOWN

2 Dracula's title (5) 3 Consumer (4) 4 General commotion (6) 5 Embroidered wall-hanging (8) 6 Business assembly (7) 7 Significance, value (10) 10 Bring into a fresh existence (10) 13 Rich white sauce (8) 15 1920s style movement (3,4) 17 Bordeaux red wine (6) 20 Gem formed in an oyster (5) 21 Bony part of the face (4)

10.53 8.99 4.76 3.35 1.46 1.23 1.14 1.05 0.96 0.91 -0.10 2,130 4,042 16,456 23,716 11,757 3,000 2,495,252 18,144 3,201,837 502,686 111,228 309,322 2,951,886 282,400 1,141,646 2,624,923