Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues ACROSS
1 Behold old Frenchman appear (4)
4 Feeble sort of meal (4)
6 Walk that’s measured, say (4) 8 A novel once more (4)
11 Pale sort of caper (4) 13 Overseer in favour of name change (7)
14 Roused about employment (3)
16 Tread on a sticker (5)
18 Man to retry plan (5)
21 Begin small quiche (5)
22 Diets affected
by sea changes (5)
24 Crawler, when quiet (3)
25 Worker has lime
treatment for disease (7)
28 Hearsay about organs (4)
30 Reportedly start race for ingredient (4)
31 Break game (4)
32 Sway to some music (4)
33 Hose off a trainer, say (4)
DOWN
1 Left fool a bloomer, say (4) 2 Finished six deliveries (4) 3 Gossip about the French parties (5)
4 Field of pleasure (3) 5 Creepy-sounding lake (4) 7 Daughter sent off for damages (5)
9 Sonnet performed by groups (6)
10 Strange wire sent with note (5) 12 Father, with hesitation, gets cat (4)
15 Time to jump (6)
17 A fellow’s in tiny bits (5)
19 Mature pier design (4)
20 Ache for unknown merit (5)
23 Sails fashioned
from plant material (5)
24 Care about tree (4)
26 Every ache is treated (4)
27 Book’s self-dedication (4)
29 Demand, when king (3)
Quick clues ACROSS
1 Weaving machine (4)
4 Crippled (4)
6 Walk in water (4)
8 Again (4)
11 Jump (4)
13 Supervisor (7)
14 Utilise (3)
16 Hallmark (5)
18 Man’s name (5)
21 Commence (5)
22 Changes in water level (5)
24 Serpent (3)
25 Complaint (7)
28 Listening organs (4)
30 Milky pudding (4)
31 Crack (4)
32 Boulder (4)
33 Footwear item (4)
DOWN
1 Unit of bread (4) 2 Above (4) 3 Celebrations (5) 4 Meadow (3)
5 Great Lake (4) 7 Impact marks (5) 9 Nine-piece groups (6)
10 Peculiar (5)
12 Cougar (4)
15 Season (6)
17 Particles (5)
19 Ready to eat (4)
20 Long (5)
23 Rope fibre (5)
24 Japanese maple (4)
26 Every (4)
27 Volume (4)
29 Enquire (3)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror