Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues ACROSS
Loud performance, that’s true (4)
Chap gets record back (4) Hear about animal (4)
Muse about creatures (4)
Left one politician with walking difficulty (4) Advanced Braille letters (7) Crawler, when quiet (3)
Rascal lived badly (5)
Painting of them Urals (5) Contributor performed rondo (5)
22 Working a lot with new nail (5)
24 More polite with salesman (3)
25 Unclear about
form of power (7)
28 Small quiet hack rushed (4)
30 Terribly neat feature of Sicily (4)
Surgeon’s desire (4)
Intend critical book to lose (4) Break game (4) 1
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13 14 16 18 21 31 32 33
DOWN
Fellow university student gets energy from this (4)
Stick to association (4)
Dish as ordered by boy (5) Edge of the material (3)
Rugby player is upright (4) Rector lied about being irritated (5)
Tiny part of the day (6)
Flower part pales unexpectedly (5)
Father, at home, is a nuisance (4)
Hard work, getting a new jingle (6)
17 Love to work with one fabric (5)
19 Knocks spar about (4)
20 Somehow enrol recluse (5)
23 Elbow uncovered with force (5)
24 Ask hoarsely for a file (4)
26 College of note, possibly (4)
27 Inclination to design pram (4)
29 Pressure to
get a French joke (3)
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2 3 4 5 7
9 10
12 15
Quick clues ACROSS
1 Datum (4)
4 Aid (4)
6 Adult leveret (4)
8 Flightless birds (4)
11 Irregular walk (4)
13 Permissive (7)
14 Serpent (3)
16 Satan (5)
18 Fresco (5)
21 Benefactor (5)
22 Claw (5)
24 Agent (3)
25 Atomic (7)
28 Raced (4)
30 European volcano (4)
31 Encourage (4)
32 Scheme (4)
33 Crack (4)
DOWN
1 Source of heat (4)
2 Cudgel (4)
3 Mixed vegetables (5)
4 Border (3)
5 Support (4)
7 Annoyed (5)
9 Period of time (6)
10 Bud case (5)
12 Ache (4)
15 Catchphrase (6)
17 Thin fabric (5)
19 Strikes (4)
20 Solitary figure (5)
23 Prod gently (5)
24 Coarse grating noise (4)
26 Public school (4)
27 Slope (4)
29 Play on words (3)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror