Irish Sunday Mirror

Two-speed coffeebrea­k Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

- Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Dormant talent is stimulated (6) 4 Gather pear was cooked (4) 7 Endlessly regretting destructio­n (4) 8 Canter off in a daze (6) 9 Genie lacks one bit of DNA (4) 10 Most arguments are about celebrity (4) 12 Mislay sole arrangemen­t (4) 14 Dog returned to supreme being (3) 16 Faced with expert (3) 17 Mary upset the men (4) 20 Life-changing dossier (4) 23 Tolerate animal (4) 24 Look for German weapon (6) 25 Fish with a musical tail (4) 26 Afterwards from both ends (4) 27 Landlady’s character (6)

DOWN

1 City can produce language (5) 2 Catch wrong part (4) 3 Stressed about lock (5) 4 Brigade’s capital (4) 5 Turn green with unknown vigour (6) 6 Beg for new pedal (5) 11 Period in Outer Mongolia (4) 13 The shape of cricket in London? (4) 15 Vandalise church after turning deaf (6) 16 Scope of morning section (5) 18 Order lager for royal (5) 19 Guide bullock (5) 21 Press club (4) 22 Part of community (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Inactive (6) 4 Harvest (4) 7 Spoil (4) 8 Hypnotic state (6) 9 Mr Wilder? (4) 10 Sun (4) 12 Be defeated (4) 14 Deity (3) 16 Playing card (3) 17 Military force (4) 20 Folder (4) 23 Ursine mammal (4) 24 Quick peek (6) 25 Musical ending (4) 26 At that time (4) 27 Epistle (6)

DOWN

1 Old school subject (5) 2 Snare (4) 3 Ringlet (5) 4 Latvian city (4) 5 Vitality (6) 6 Implore (5) 11 Expression (4) 13 Ellipse (4) 15 Disfigure (6) 16 Extent (5) 18 Majestic (5) 19 Navigate (5) 21 Metal (4) 22 Item (4)

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