Irish Daily Mirror

Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Shoot last of films

on puritan (5)

5 Aware of later

developmen­t (5)

9 Hippies’ food (3) 10 Towel wrapped around youngster (5)

11 Come in from

barren terrain (5) 12 Singing

with spirit (3)

13 Devoured more

than seven, say (3) 14 Betting on

a spring (3)

16 Perform

in Clacton (3)

18 Looked to shelter

socialist (6)

21 Lois ran to

the store (4)

23 Changes as

to fodder (4)

26 Panels

sent to city (6)

29 British and American transport (3)

31 Roused about

employment (3) 32 Mound of

distortion­s (3)

34 Baby’s drink (3)

36 A massage on a Caribbean island (5)

37 Decorate road,

terribly new (5)

38 Not returning

a great deal (3)

39 Carelessly send with right dull people (5)

40 Terribly wet journalist gets material (5)

DOWN

1 Small fruit as

weapons (6)

2 Stop in time

to have a beer (4) 3 Teller managed

to inform again (6) 4 German cultivates

rose bush (5)

5 A gale disturbed

some plants (5)

6 Flowers

in sleigh (3) 7 Terribly neat

feature of Sicily (4) 8 Cricket match

can be a trial (4)

15 Supports rugby

players (5)

17 Resting place

in Scotland (3)

19 One worked for

a long time (3)

20 Animal gives

party energy (3) 22 Letters revealing

debt (1,1,1)

24 Sharp statue

design (6)

25 Abandon

at the beach (6)

27 Vehicles considered as out (5)

28 The French worker was inclined (5)

29 Blessing bishop

with nothing on (4) 30 Most arguments are about celebrity (4)

33 Former pupil round with eastern instrument (4)

35 Not even

peculiar (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Small stem (5)

5 Conscious (5)

9 Pastry item (3)

10 Juvenile bird (5)

11 Go in (5)

12 Alcoholic drink (3)

13 Consumed (3)

14 Treatment centre (3)

16 Behave (3)

18 Ogled (6)

21 Grain tower (4)

23 Porridge

ingredient­s (4)

26 Italian port (6)

29 Coach (3)

31 Utilise (3)

32 Hill (3)

34 Add up (3)

36 Caribbean island (5) 37 Embellish (5)

38 Weight (3)

39 Geeks (5)

40 Woollen cloth (5)

DOWN

1 Javelins (6)

2 Liquid measure (4)

3 Narrate

once more (6)

4 Shrub (5)

5 Aquatic greenery (5) 6 Garland (3)

7 European volcano (4) 8 Examine (4)

15 Braces (5)

17 Bed (3)

19 Era (3)

20 Female deer (3)

22 Promissory

note (1,1,1)

24 Perceptive (6)

25 Fibre (6)

27 Cars (5)

28 Rested sideways (5) 29 Advantage (4)

30 Sun (4)

33 Woodwind

instrument (4)

35 Strange (3)

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