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TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Inebriate's last pint involved in spill, Clumsy, revealing lack of skill (5)

4 New DJ Huey at end of date Plays Beatles' hit from '68 (3,4)

9 That I am right, I'm confident, Is included in the measurement (4)

10 Pub landlord Murry has heart of steel, Won't serve this beer that's labelled 'real'? (3) 11 Church of Scotland James has

TV's Captain James? (4)

12 List of ship's contents when entering port Includes fine adjustment in sail support (8) 13 Door fastening or piece of hair, say, May let you down on the waterway! (4) 14 Write 'antique' without an 'E', Leave your job immediately! (4)

16 Travelled along, we hear, this

way (4)

19 Establishment where crops are growing is Leading field at rotary mowing (4)

20 Bad run you nearly fix By hitting

this for four or six! (8)

22 Get the outer layer of a lemon maybe With enthusiasm and energy (4)

23 Sounds ike a line you might wait in To hear actor's hint to begin (3)

24 Strange headless deity might be met In the mountains of Tibet (4)

25 Prospect will be, 'Not in', see?

(7)

26 In the shallow end you meet

The friend of Barrie's boyish

Pete! (5)

DOWN

2 Chewy sweet spelled the French way, It's 'nothing' changing 'h' to 'a' (6)

3 Split particle, some uranium or gold, silver or platinum (8,5) 5 New role etc will denote One

who is allowed to vote (7) 6 Bad Ned Kelly had jaunty extremes, And this kind of dual personality, it seems (6,3,4)

7 Perhaps tried head of casting to say 'Be in charge of the play' (6)

8 Wild savage gives up silver to make Container that cut flowers will take (4) 15 Company tab, company broke it - Put that in your pipe and smoke it! (7)

17 Match attendance approaches gold - so this fancy cake is sold (6)

18 Such a film only adults can see, Extra naughty from Germany (1-5)

21 America takes on Miliband, Even though he's secondhand (4)

COFFEE TIME

ACROSS

1 Awkward (5)

4 1968 Beatles single that was

their longest (3,4) 9 Absolutely certain (4) 10 Drink made from fermented

malt (3)

11 Scottish church (4) 12 Aeroplane's passenger list (8) 13 Canal feature (4)

14 Abandon the job (4)

16 Street (4)

19 Agricultural land (4)

20 Edge of territory (8) 22 Enthusiasm (4)

23 Act as a prompt (3) 24 Abominable Snowman (4) 25 Frame of mind (7) 26 Girl from Peter Pan (5)

DOWN

2 Almond-flavoured chewy

confection (6)

3 Gold or silver, for example (8,5) 5 Constituency voter (7) 6 RL Stevenson's horror duo

(6,3,4)

7 Control, manage (6) 8 Container for cut flowers (4) 15 Cigarette or pipe product (7) 17 French cake (6)

18 For adult audiences only (1-5) 21 Pre-owned (4)

THE BOTTOM LINE

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