Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
Momentary drink (5)
Fairy left in danger (5)
That woman’s in the right (3) Terribly eager to concur (5)
Solar form of tests (5) Everything in gallery (3) Beastly medic? (3) Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) Yearning for currency (3)
Turn green with unknown vigour (6)
Woman to sail away (4)
23 Give out
wrong time (4)
26 Dirt next
to cavern (6)
29 Apply pressure to central problem (3) Honest about quantity (3)
32 Shelter
from sleet (3)
34 Draw back from English bishops (3)
36 Clever nowadays at pet management (5)
37 Tries out rows (5)
38 Regard
for diocese (3)
39 European
country animal (5)
40 Come in from
barren terrain (5) 1 5 9 10 11 12
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16 18 21 31
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Push student to get an implement (6) Present during the recording (4) Speaks about a store (6)
Set a test for flavour (5) Called after parking accident (5) Swimmer feeling around (3)
Heartless answer from bank (4) Creature of pride (4) Groan, using gas (5) Delighted with name (3) Go on at a horse (3)
20 The old time,
nevertheless (3)
22 Letters revealing
debt (1,1,1)
24 Harass spy
on the way (6)
25 The hollow tree managed to sway (6)
27 Terribly bored,
but dressed (5)
28 Ridicule
drinks, say (5)
29 Vera organised
dance party (4)
30 Wager with a foreign character (4)
33 Weapon gets
record points (4)
35 Key in
container (3) 7 8 15 17 19
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
Brief (5) Hand tool (6) Jeopardy (5) In this place (4) Pronoun (3) Speaks
Tally (5) in public (6) Non-written 4 Sample (5) exams (5) 5 Collision (5)
12 Everyone (3) 6 Long fish (3)
13 Animal doctor (3) 7 Depend (4)
14 Brown (3) 8 Predator (4)
16 Desire (3) 15 Type of gas (5)
18 Vitality (6) 17 Biblical priest (3) 21 Bart’s sister? (4) 19 Scold (3)
23 Radiate (4) 20 Still (3)
26 Cave (6) 22 Promissory
29 Abrade (3) note (1,1,1)
31 Single (3) 24 Pester (6)
32 Man’s name (3) 25 Wobble (6)
34 Recede (3) 27 Attired (5)
36 Skilful (5) 28 Mock (5)
37 Layers (5) 29 Babble (4)
38 Notice (3) 30 Greek letter (4) 39 Antelope (5) 33 Fencing sword (4) 40 Go in (5) 35 Receptacle (3) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror 1 5 9 10 11
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