Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
Cryptic clues ACROSS
1 Brushed with haste (4) 4 Association in wood, say (4) 6 Played pool game (4)
8 Metal guide (4)
11 Stick to pale daughter (4) 13 Early work by journalist working on different levels (7) 14 Include a religious man (3) 16 Animal all over mother (5) 18 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5)
21 Unbridled glee at unknown lament (5) 22 Strange tale about island resort (5) 24 Charming around branch (3) 25 Get hint about stretch (7) 28 Kitty accommodates
English writer (4)
30 Gold gives artist quality (4) 31 First man to find a barrier (4) 32 Only part of lethal force (4) 33 Decrease in autumn? (4)
DOWN
1 Stream of brilliance (4) 2 Remain and support (4)
3 Draw on the Spanish cloth (5) 4 Firm with new prisoner (3) 5 Bishop, elderly but brave (4) 7 All Ed ordered was a spoon (5) 9 Festival involving a steer (6) 10 Design is laced another way (5)
12 Made out title (4)
15 Ragged sort of weapon (6) 17 Greeting a student with old laugh (5)
19 Left one politician with walking difficulty (4) 20 Satisfied dates are wrong (5) 23 Giant bird article (5)
24 Marched around building (4) 26 Objection to return a bit of brass (4)
27 Nothing about a form of digital protection (4) 29 Layabout in loafers (3)
Quick clues ACROSS
1 Hurry (4)
4 Cudgel (4)
6 Equine sport (4) 8 Pencil core (4) 11 Magic stick (4) 13 In sheets (7) 14 Append (3)
16 Beast of burden (5) 18 Collection of maps (5)
21 Memorial poem (5) 22 Israeli port (5)
24 Limb (3)
25 Make taut (7)
28 Bard (4)
30 Atmosphere (4)
31 Garden of Eden exile (4)
32 50% (4)
33 Drop (4)
DOWN
1 Small brook (4)
2 Delay (4)
3 Bathroom item (5) 4 Deceive (3) 5 Courageous (4) 7 Serving implement (5)
9 End of Lent (6) 10 Transfer (5) 12 Pantomime character (4)
15 Knife (6)
17 Hawaiian greeting (5) 19 Irregular walk (4)
20 Full or replete (5) 23 Mythological being (5) 24 Curved structure (4) 26 Instrument (4)
27 Metal fastener (4)
29 Fool (3) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror