Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Hard and fast going round tunnel (5) 5 Energy can’t improve play (5) 9 Chatting about headwear (3) 10 Right above dog (5) 11 Roam around after a smell (5) 12 Fewer around animal (3) 13 Study of cadences (3) 14 Firm with new prisoner (3) 16 Join a religious man (3) 18 Set tea out in the grounds (6) 21 Thus repeatedly mediocre (2-2) 23 Chap gets informatio­n on time (4) 26 Supporter of photograph­y? (6) 29 Insect of character, say (3) 31 Roused about employment (3) 32 Juicer contains cold item (3) 34 Rushed out of France (3) 36 Croat turned performer (5) 37 Train with energy and weapon (5) 38 Honest about quantity (3) 39 Yours truly set new encounters (5) 40 Quiet socialist has scrap (5)

DOWN

1 Hides sunglasses (6) 2 Hear about animal (4) 3 Compensate­s by throwing a stone (6) 4 Land pamphlet (5) 5 It happened in the Seventies (5) 6 One writer’s novel (3) 7 Part of Far East (4) 8 Incline towards care (4) 15 Fertile patch for a group (5) 17 Read on with lecturer (3) 19 Besotted with drinker (3) 20 The golfer’s conceit (3) 22 Verse from Roderick (3) 24 Chief rioted unexpected­ly (6) 25 Attach colour in layers (6) 27 Nurse translatin­g letters (5) 28 Use spare fruit (5) 29 Smile at supporter (4) 30 Language in another sentence (4) 33 Once ordered ice cream (4) 35 Captain has fitting (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS DOWN

1 Handle (5) 5 Make law (5) 9 Headwear item (3) 10 Wanderer (5) 11 Scent (5) 12 Female sheep (3) 13 Lair (3) 14 Deceive (3) 16 Append (3) 18 Landed property (6) 21 Average (2-2) 23 Honourable man (4) 26 Camera stand (6) 29 Hive creature (3) 31 Exploit (3) 32 Frozen water (3) 34 Sprinted (3) 36 Thespian (5) 37 Javelin (5) 38 Single (3) 39 Is introduced to (5) 40 Scrap (5) 1 Obscures (6) 2 Small mammal (4) 3 Makes amends (6) 4 Stretch of land (5) 5 Occurrence (5) 6 Fresh (3) 7 Region (4) 8 Look after (4) 15 Desert’s watering hole (5) 17 Mafia boss (3) 19 Drunkard (3) 20 Self-image (3) 22 Poem (3) 24 Newspaper head (6) 25 Layered (6) 27 Ancient symbols (5) 28 Perry ingredient (5) 29 Ray of light (4) 30 Gaelic (4) 33 Geometric figure (4) 35 Suitable (3)

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