Irish Sunday Mirror

Two-speed coffeebrea­k

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Proper to put notes with coin (6) 4 His camera captured fraud (4) 7 Put right inside the almond (4) 8 Strange desire to live (6) 9 Element of victory? (4) 10 Roman unfortunat­ely loses right to complain (4) 12 Phase pets out (4) 14 Swimmer feeling around (3) 16 Creature of romance (3) 17 Window sounds a nuisance (4) 20 Burn report from prophet (4) 23 Way out of the Broads (4) 24 Stoppage is a hit (6) 25 One roped in emperor (4) 26 Afterwards from both ends (4) 27 Get comfortabl­e at home with the French (6)

DOWN

1 Lament ridge being lost (5) 2 Toss cats aside (4) 3 Article with yours truly as subject (5) 4 Long story about a gas (4) 5 Copied once, working with large note (6) 6 Honour for being badly lamed (5) 11 Honest old writer (4) 13 Sort to use a machine to write (4) 15 Mad in Parisian river, say (6) 16 Deserve new timer (5) 18 Sonar involved in crime (5) 19 Round bees, terribly fat (5) 21 Need to rearrange garden (4) 22 Flavouring that makes money (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Seemly (6) 4 Dishonest scheme (4) 7 Cure (4) 8 Inhabit (6) 9 Precious metal (4) 10 Whinge (4) 12 Stair (4) 14 Long fish (3) 16 Male (3) 17 Sheet of glass (4) 20 Clairvoyan­t (4) 23 Street (4) 24 Punch (6) 25 Despotic emperor (4) 26 At that time (4) 27 Snuggle (6)

DOWN

1 Sad song (5) 2 Group of actors (4) 3 Topic (5) 4 Prose narrative (4) 5 Replicated (6) 6 Award (5) 11 Unwrap (4) 13 Kind (4) 15 Crazy (6) 16 Commendati­on (5) 18 Fire-raising (5) 19 Overweight (5) 21 Paradise (4) 22 Herb (4)

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