Two-speed coffeebreak CRYPTIC CLUES

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

ACROSS

Constant inclination is a pain (5)

Tread on street with a politician (5) Bird in frock (3) Reversible hub? (5)

Point duet out as a piece of music (5)

Raw material from forest (3) Mad about obstacle (3)

Child of resonance (3) Charming around branch (3) Festival involving a steer (6)

First to nag about strong flavour (4)

23 Surgeon’s

desire (4)

26 Come out east

and join (6)

29 Field of pleasure (3) Is more than one? (3)

32 Resting place

in Scotland (3)

34 Same level within

department (3)

36 Animated a veil badly (5) Go out second to get the

French record (5)

38 Number

of contents (3)

39 Owing student

small matches (5)

40 Worn-out biro held by good man (5) 1 5

9 10

11 12 13 14 16 18 21 31 37

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1 2 3 4 5

Belief in money available (6) Rubbish on a list (4) A copper gives soldiers insight (6) Reporters insist (5)

Notes about weight (5)

Mound of distortions (3) Part of

Far East (4) Excellent damson (4) Parent loses first alternative (5) Brigade’s gear (3)

Time of pageantry (3)

20 Struggled

with mat (3)

22 Copy of

tapestry (3)

24 Speak

about quote (6)

25 Range of

former shelter (6)

27 Ruins hiding

English horses (5)

28 Gathers pears

were cooked (5)

29 Metal guide (4)

30 Collapsed around part of church (4)

33 Hot place in

Coventry (4)

35 Everything

in gallery (3) 6 7 8 15 17 19

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

Muscle twinge (5) 1 Ascribe (6) Postage sticker (5) 2 Schedule (4) Fabled bird (3) 3 Shrewdness (6) Helicopter part (5) 4 Squeeze (5)

Short 5 Pebble (5) composition (5) 6 Hill (3)

12 Mineral (3) 7 Region (4)

13 Barrier (3) 8 Fruit (4)

14 Boy (3) 15 Different (5)

16 Limb (3) 17 Equipment (3)

18 End of Lent (6) 19 Era (3)

21 Piquancy (4) 20 Floor covering (3) 23 Encourage (4) 22 Primate (3)

26 Appear (6) 24 Intone (6)

29 Meadow (3) 25 Scope (6)

31 Plural of is (3) 27 Female

32 Bed (3) equines (5)

34 Equal (3) 28 Harvests (5)

36 In existence (5) 29 Element (4)

37 Doze (5) 30 Domed

38 Decimal base (3) recess (4)

39 Contests (5) 33 Kiln (4)

40 Used up (5) 35 Everyone (3) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror 1 5 9 10 11

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