Financial Mail and Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Sultry temperature in cupboard (6) 5 Fleece that is for new recruit (6) 8 Monster therefore coming back (4) 9 Supports best Brexit safety feature (8) 10 Severe examination: cad set it out (4,4) 11 Small vessel makes crossing (4) 12 Lear squiffy in court: it's the wine (6) 15 Student with broken heart in agitated state (6) 17 Woman beheaded first victim (4) 19 Give up where acid beat complex (8) 22 Protrude with fat spreading around (5,3) 23 Here in Asia one did marathon? (4) 24 Distilled product of unknown make? (6) 25 Helots smashed up lodging-place (6)

DOWN

2 Record one copyright for reason (5) 3 Such means limited in small bank (7) 4 Yarn going round black board (5) 5 Statement true about city dumping yen (7) 6 Nothing unaltered in desert haven (5) 7 Divorce in India very slow (7) 13 Throw back tailless crustacean (7) 14 Warmer coat? Yes, boiling (3-4) 16 Jerks about to operate game plan (7) 18 Sheets in headline news (5) 20 Dig this, or discard unceremoniously (5) 21 Business in orchestra decided (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Small room (6) 5 Novice (6) 8 Flesh-eating giant (4) 9 Baseball player (8) 10 Rigorous appraisal (4,4) 11 Bridge (4) 12 Dark purple (6) 15 Foam (6) 17 Cain's brother (4) 19 Renounce throne (8) 22 Be conspicuous (5,3) 23 Nation on the Caspian (4) 24 Alcoholic spirit (6) 25 Charitable shelter (6)

DOWN

2 Spock's forte (5) 3 Slim and supple (7) 4 Furniture item (5) 5 Public concert (7) 6 Mancunian pop band (5) 7 Maroon (7) 13 Seafood entree (7) 14 Pot cover (3-4) 16 Strategy (7) 18 Fabric from flax (5) 20 Abandon (5) 21 Profession (5)

THE BOTTOM LINE

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2023-01-27T08:00:00.0000000Z

2023-01-27T08:00:00.0000000Z

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