TAKE A BREAK

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Travel to work: arrive

almost speechless (7) 5 Swelling initially going blue

exploded (5)

8 Opportunity to evict new

woman left (5)

9 Crossing made in Drake's

ship? (7)

10 Precision from a copper,

lively round clubs (8)

11 Do housework: some

industry needed (4) 13 Henry carried in dark and

dirty vessel (6)

15 Blokes in car test for short

time (6)

18 Clothing consumer? (4) 19 Excellent as Aesop's tales?

(8)

22 Get into print? Damned if

you do! (7)

23 Heather somewhat

spherical (5)

24 Meeting original sinner, not

heartless (5) 25 Reconstruct demolished

terrace (7)

DOWN

1 Barking chow with cattle

worker (7)

2 Wounded helper spinning

dime and cent (5) 3 Disreputable organisation

linked to noble (8)

4 Be ready for training in old

court (6)

5 Brave bishop no spring

chicken (4)

6 Instructive talk and

reprimand (7)

7 Surrealist in Bern studio (5) 12 Dunce Tom breaks record

(8)

14 VIP without skills? (7) 16 Willing to try strange tea

(7)

17 Daddy is priest (6)

18 Mike cored apple in wood

(5)

20 Board has approval in

French and German (5) 21 Heard, not seen, in fog (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Go back and forth (7) 5 Rounded protrusion (5) 8 Black spider (5)

9 Large bird (7) 10 Exactness (8)

11 Dirt particles (4)

13 Light rowing boat (6) 15 Instant (6)

18 Nocturnal insect (4) 19 Legendary (8)

22 Issue or make known (7) 23 Female name (5) 24 Happening (5)

25 Go back over (7)

DOWN

1 Ranch employee (7) 2 Battlefield doctor (5) 3 Not deserving (8) 4 Anticipate (6) 5 Audacious (4) 6 Harangue (7)

7 Artist Max (5) 12 Official paper (8) 14 Distinguished (7) 16 Having made a will (7) 17 Male parent (6) 18 Tree (5) 20 Spiritualist's item (5) 21 Haze (4)