Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 City for cavorting pairs (5) 5 Extra pears were used (5) 9 Bored with raw material (3) 10 Come in from barren terrain (5) 11 Rinse out once ascended (5) 12 Grain of loathing (3) 13 Rubbish in statistics (3) 14 Child of resonance (3) 16 Voice, for example (3) 18 Cricket team’s legs (6) 21 Reportedly regretted being discourteo­us (4) 23 Consumes a set recipe (4) 26 Look at unruly garden (6) 29 Shelter from sleet (3) 31 Field of pleasure (3) 32 About to have nothing but deer (3) 34 Pole of round German gold (3) 36 A vine turned green (5) 37 Round bees, terribly fat (5) 38 Beastly medic? (3) 39 Change roles with no-hoper (5) 40 Notices about Republican prophets (5)

DOWN

1 Baggage handler’s beer (6) 2 A number from Marianne (4) 3 Relaxed in desert conditions (6) 4 Feeling that may be common (5) 5 Weight of boulder (5) 6 Appearing to have food (3) 7 New tsar of music and dance (4) 8 Notice eastern agent (4) 15 Sheepish round wine producer (5) 17 Wanting to include tiny creature (3) 19 Member of whole group (3) 20 Originally called in one engineer (3) 22 Roused about employment (3) 24 Reach a river, somehow (6) 25 Stews over carrying eastern bonbons (6) 27 Lad sent queen a tree (5) 28 Condescend­s, say, to Europeans (5) 29 Quiet time for students around university (4) 30 God of the roses (4) 33 Finished six deliveries (4) 35 Nobel’s prize? (1,1,1)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 European capital (5) 5 Surplus (5) 9 Mineral (3) 10 Go in (5) 11 Got up (5) 12 Flapjack crumb? (3) 13 Shabby articles (3) 14 Boy (3) 16 Utter (3) 18 Number (6) 21 Impolite (4) 23 Devours (4) 26 Male goose (6) 29 Mr Mack? (3) 31 Meadow (3) 32 Fish eggs (3) 34 Staff (3) 36 Inexperien­ced (5) 37 Overweight (5) 38 Animal doctor (3) 39 Defeated contestant (5) 40 Clairvoyan­ts (5)

DOWN

1 Doorman (6) 2 Operatic song (4) 3 Paused (6) 4 Feel (5) 5 Rock (5) 6 Vegetable (3) 7 Crafts (4) 8 Catch sight of (4) 15 Sheep-like (5) 17 Insect (3) 19 Limb (3) 20 Born (3) 22 Exploit (3) 24 Turn up (6) 25 Confection­ery (6) 27 Type of tree (5) 28 Scandinavi­ans (5) 29 Quiet period (4) 30 Greek deity (4) 33 Above (4) 35 Award (1,1,1)

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