The Sun – Two Speed – Jan 27 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Accustom (to) |
INURE |
| Assemble |
COLLATE |
| Authority |
MANDATE |
| Authority also preserved by friend |
MANDATE |
| Become hard in river |
INURE |
| Bird to rue, but not at first |
EGRET |
| Blazing heat |
FIERINESS |
| Brilliant display |
ECLAT |
| Choose |
PICK |
| Choose the tool |
PICK |
| Country, capital Budapest |
HUNGARY |
| Courtroom defence |
ALIBI |
| Decide to crack the clue again? |
RESOLVE |
| Deposit (cash) |
PAYIN |
| Deposit youth leader in agony |
PAYIN |
| Determination |
RESOLVE |
| Dignify sending back the Spanish hat unfinished |
ENNOBLE |
| Exact opposite |
ANTITHESIS |
| Fresh supply |
REPLENISHMENT |
| Gin and vermouth c*cktail |
DRYMARTINI |
| Go by bike |
CYCLE |
| Go for a ride with a complete set |
CYCLE |
| Guarantees |
INSURES |
| Hostile to paper contrast |
ANTITHESIS |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| If such a mistake, it’s a bloomer! |
FUCHSIA |
| Item of truth |
FACT |
| Jumping bail, I find a legal explanation |
ALIBI |
| Loud performance in reality |
FACT |
| Majestic, regal |
ROYAL |
| Officer departed to put papers in order |
COLLATE |
| Old country played another country |
PRUSSIA |
| Old German state |
PRUSSIA |
| Passion rises, fine mess! |
FIERINESS |
| Place arm in dirty drink |
DRYMARTINI |
| Protects against loss at sunrise, maybe |
INSURES |
| Raise to the peerage |
ENNOBLE |
| Religious song |
HYMN |
| Scottish child |
BAIRN |
| Small white heron |
EGRET |
| Song of praise produced by that man, we hear |
HYMN |
| Story backed about Conservative leader’s striking effect |
ECLAT |
| Thick string |
CORD |
| Third or fourth letter to get rope |
CORD |
| Two boys of high birth |
ROYAL |
| Unlike Merlin’s, the pen requires top-up |
REPLENISHMENT |
| Vivid purplish pink |
FUCHSIA |
| Wanting food distributed around a country |
HUNGARY |
| Wee child I found in Dutch building |
BAIRN |