Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

Cryptic clues ACROSS

3 Difficulty for

the first currency (7)

7 Jacket worn in dance (6) 8 Pacify primate with

vegetables (7)

9 Pleasant French resort (4) 11 Mailed nets off (4)

12 Stupid pub has a point (5) 15 Stop altering letters (4)

16 A victory on a river (4)

17 Tessa returned

something valuable (5)

18 Ruler in the mirror (4)

19 Pale sort of request (4)

21 Serbia confused with

one part of cold place (7) 22 Once ran from

French convert (6)

23 Eccentric American

tenor inside? Sauce! (7)

DOWN

1 Confused bale is skilful (4)

2 Complaint I will

bring to a head (7)

3 Area pamphlet (5)

4 Groped around

for fastening (4)

5 Mean ruse, changing

computing alias (8)

6 Cricket team’s legs (6)

10 Allure of money accrued (8)

11 Initially a call for help (1,1,1) 13 Flyer reaches starting

point by way of hill (7)

14 Negative out

of ignorance (3)

15 Distance equal to time (6) 18 European

country animal (5)

19 Ripe design for wharf (4) 20 One editor’s

requirement (4)

Quick clues ACROSS

3 Bother (7)

7 Spanish

music (6)

8 Placate (7)

9 Agreeable (4)

11 Dispatched (4)

12 Senseless (5)

15 Upright pole (4)

16 English river (4)

17 Thing of worth (5) 18 Islamic leader (4)

19 Entreaty (4)

21 Russian

region (7)

22 Encipher (6)

23 Dessert topping (7)

DOWN

1 Competent (4)

2 Malady (7)

3 Stretch of land (5) 4 Cord (4)

5 Online

identification (8)

6 Number (6)

10 Fascination (8)

11 Distress signal (1,1,1) 13 Pilot (7)

14 And not (3)

15 Astronomical

length (6)

18 Antelope (5)

19 Jetty (4)

20 Be in want of (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror