The Sun – Two Speed – May 24 2018

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Clues	Answers
Absurdity	FOLLY
Actor Brian is very fortunate	BLESSED
Alexander close to his Andrew	SANDY
Animal in courtship position	HIPPO
Article	THING
Bill heading away from agreement	ACT
Chief in some confusion	ANARCHY
Competitor in event ran twice	ENTRANT
Consecrated	BLESSED
Convenes where beef and lamb discussed?	MEETS
Core	HEART
Deranged person	PSYCHO
Encounters	MEETS
Evil church from that time onwards	SINCE
Fading star called earlier	has-been
Flat highland	PLATEAU
Former leading light	has-been
Friendly Islands	TONGA
Ghost seen in Hampton Maze?	PHANTOM
Go-between	LIAISON
Gregory’s sense of self	EGO
Hater can show feeling	HEART
Her actors might be musicians	ORCHESTRA
Impassive girl many rejected	STOLID
Insulate round the bend without a tool	UTENSIL
Kitchen implement	UTENSIL
Leitmotiv	THEME
Like many beaches	SANDY

Clues	Answers
Madness in idyll often sent up	FOLLY
Musical ensemble	ORCHESTRA
Mutinous ship	BOUNTY
Nonsense	TRIPE
Obsession with object	THING
Participant	ENTRANT
Paul brewed tea in high-rise flat	PLATEAU
Performance	ACT
Personal pride	EGO
Physical injury	TRAUMA
Precious stone	DIAMOND
Purplish red	MAGENTA
Reward lad swallowing cracked nut	BOUNTY
Rugby position	scrum-half
Servant turned on duke, one in red suit	DIAMOND
Shade perhaps meant to include silver	MAGENTA
Shy cop represented in classic film	PSYCHO
Small clubs sacked harmful player	scrum-half
Spectre	PHANTOM
State of Clifton Gardens	TONGA
State of disorder	ANARCHY
Streetcar crossing close to you a shock	TRAUMA
The compiler’s idea	THEME
The French Connection?	LIAISON
Thereafter	SINCE
Thick-skinned mammal	HIPPO
Threesome left out rubbish	TRIPE
Unemotional	STOLID