Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Crumble gives autumn a role (4,5) 8 Revolutionary ship musical (5) 10 Credit single witch (5)
12 Perform in Clacton (3)
13 Hitting with can (3)
14 Loosen at a French party (4) 15 Frogman has time to change direction (6) 16 Mention old tree (5)
18 Hear silent arrangement (6) 20 Won’t change address (4)
22 For every experience has it (3) 23 Iron last letter to
Moroccan city (3)
24 New rates for rents (5)
25 Love to bother engineers (5) 26 Need dream somehow to get twisted (9)
DOWN
2 A dean is leading (5)
3 Lean on table (4)
4 Pint brewed with note about jam ingredient (6) 5 Travelling on her river (5) 6 Italy cut a broadcast - fact (9) 7 Condemns ten scenes unexpectedly (9)
9 Dash to get queen a toy (7) 11 Engrossed by performance of dire vet (7)
15 Inside, holding racket (3)
17 For every boy is individual (6) 19 Small step into void (5)
21 Gas round region (5)
23 Ticket price sounds reasonable (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Disintegrate (4,5) 8 Board game (5) 10 Ugly old woman (5) 12 Behave (3)
13 Metal (3)
14 Reverse (4)
15 Turn aside (6) 16 Utter a view (5) 18 Heed (6)
20 Urban area (4) 22 For each (3)
23 Type of hat (3) 24 Rips (5)
25 Cherish (5) 26 Twisted (9) DOWN 2 In front (5) 3 Inventory (4) 4 Setting agent (6) 5 European river (5) 6 Truth (9)
7 Groups of words (9)
9 Motor vehicle (7) 11 Spellbound (7) 15 Noise (3)
17 Human being (6) 19 Gap (5)
21 Form of oxygen (5) 23 Paying passenger (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror