TAKE A BREAK
TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 April's turned out to be
spring-like (6)
5 Polish top of your gem (4) 8 Happy having given bird a
ring (4-1-4)
9 Journey not starting brings
tear (3)
11 Europeans with no head for
pubs (4)
12 Holiday island is a drain,
surprisingly (8)
14 Number of great importance, not the first (6)
16 Good man has yen to do
speed (8)
6 Noble title – Simpson
accepting one (7)
7 Sharp, perhaps, by mistake 10
(10)
10 Schoolboy's weapon breaking heater – oops! (3-7)
13 Flag nothing special (8) 15 Girl set about finding tough
meat (7)
17 Show off extremely
frightful relative (6) 20 Weight of spring nonstarter (5)
21 Lazy hero, we hear (4) COFFEE TIME
some sewing (6)
18 Figure integral to mix (8) 19 Game explorer (4)
22 Item auctioned gets plenty (3) 23 A cakewalk? That's plenty!
(9)
24 Metal leash (4)
25 The hollowed out tree
about to wobble (6)
DOWN
2 Nut is able to exercise first
(5)
3 Wander about in Cairo,
ambling (4)
4 A dunce returned with hot
back-scrubber (6)
5 Pity raid goes wrong, given
ACROSS
1 Coiled in a cylindrical
manner (6)
5 July's birthstone (4) 8 Delighted (4-1-4) 9 Lacerate (3)
11 Public houses (4)
12 Costa Smeralda's island (8) 14 Age at which you become
an octogenarian (6) 16 Disney character with a
friend called Lilo (6) 18 Geometrical figure (8) 19 Equestrian game (4) 22 Auction item (3)
23 Ample amount (9) 24 Metal that acts as protection against radiation (4)
25 Balance unsteadily (6)
DOWN
2 Edible nut of the hickory tree (5) 3 Meander (4) 4 Back-scrubber (6) 5 Haste, celerity (8) 6 Aristocratic title (7) 7 Happening by chance (10) 10 Child's toy blowpipe (3-7) 13 Average (8)
15 Cartilage in meat (7) 17 Boast, show off (6) 20 Alternative name for a
snow leopard (5)
21 Do nothing (4)
THE BOTTOM LINE
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