Irish Daily Mirror

Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Bat makes a din (6)

4 Tame recipe for beef, say (4) 7 Way out of the Broads (4) 8 Quiet lift gets commendati­on (6)

9 Sieve fits badly (4) 10 Unfortunat­ely sent home (4) 12 Fish with a musical tail (4) 14 Low-flying bird (3)

16 Prosecute a woman (3)

17 Queen seen in banner (4)

20 Love working like an animal (4) 23 Forbidding scowl has expert leaving (4)

24 Woman has wise man to face (6)

25 Strongbox made of

South African iron (4) 26 Afterwards from both ends (4) 27 Horrid to rent out (6) DOWN

1 Drive back to see film about parking (5)

2 Talk about headwear (4)

3 Time to tear into fashion (5) 4 Great deal of service (4)

5 Chief rioted unexpected­ly (6) 6 Whole time alto was performing (5)

11 Merit of learning (4)

13 The shape of cricket in London? (4)

15 Dives off with European plan (6) 16 Sense location, say (5)

18 Not once was nerve lost (5) 19 A shade naive (5)

21 Moan about some land (4) 22 Agreement sounds full (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Noise (6)

4 Flesh (4)

7 Street (4)

8 Extol (6) 9 Scrutinise (4) 10 Structure for eggs (4) 12 Musical ending (4) 14 Nocturnal creature (3)

16 Take to court (3) 17 Princess Royal (4) 20 Small rodent (4) 23 Stern (4) 24 Countenanc­e (6) 25 Secure (4)

26 At that time (4) 27 Awful (6)

DOWN

1 Disgust (5)

2 Gossip (4)

3 Fad (5)

4 Large amount (4) 5 Newspaper boss (6)

6 Sum (5)

11 Deserve (4) 13 Ellipse (4)

15 Invent (6)

16 Vision (5)

18 At no time (5) 19 Colour (5)

21 Middle Eastern country (4) 22 Alliance (4)

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