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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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