Financial Mail and Business Day

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 United Nations bar not

closed (4)

4 Loaded or poor in fabulous

location (8)

8 Eyesore includes M1 block

(6)

9 Motorboat put to sea (6) 10 Spy boss in red coat

replaced Joe Biden? (8) 12 Bottomless river: source in

Pennines (4)

13 Is able to move and

descend spectacularly (6) 15 Stop on beat: and on

criminal! (6) 17 Cold boy clothed (4) 19 Horse and Conservative

hunt set out (8)

21 Me tipsy with gin: a

mystery (6)

22 Bizarre top, one worn, is

choice (6)

23 Support everything on

wagon (8)

24 Daughter devoured

boyfriend (4)

DOWN

2 Spinner has some control

at Headingley (5)

3 Potty memo doc

corrected (7)

4 Mae West keeps farm

animal (3)

5 Escaped over water

breaking pottery (9)

6 Pub order with stout? (5) 7 Noblewoman from French

musical (7)

11 Slow worker at court under

silly rule (9)

14 Poise of Turing say in times

past (7)

16 Took turns? (7)

18 A toe or two perhaps? (5) 20 Worried about main

threat? (1-4)

22 Creature from Old World

lakes originally (3)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Political coalition (4) 4 Legendary city (8) 8 Hinder or obstruct (6) 9 Send into water (6)

10 No Republican (8) 12 Profound (4)

13 Climb down using rope (6) 15 Apprehend (6)

17 Dressed (4) 19 Reddish-brown equine (8) 21 Riddle (6)

22 Possibility or preference

(6)

23 Forsaking alcohol (8) 24 Appointment (4)

DOWN

2 Wood-shaping tool (5) 3 Chest of drawers (7) 4 Female sheep (3) 5 Dutch crockery (9) 6 Rather fat (5)

7 Titled female (7) 11 Unwilling (9)

14 Stability (7)

16 Revolved (7)

18 Figure (5)

20 WW2 submarine (1-4) 22 Nocturnal hunter (3)

THE BOTTOM LINE

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