Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Reasonable to get large gift (5)
4 Point sort out of the poorest quality (5) 7 Produce island broadcast (3) 9 Dish to revolve around additives (6)
11 Go away and sing (4) 12 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 13 Dress has a quiet pearl ensemble (7)
15 Two components have minor role (3,4)
18 Now employees have to be obliged (3)
19 Brooding about god (4)
20 A steep change
in old money (6)
23 Couple also heard (3)
24 Elbow uncovered
with force (5)
25 Sign up loner, somehow (5)
DOWN
1 Clerical detective, relative to bishop, worn out (6,5) 2 Juicer contains something cold (3)
3 About to have nothing but eggs (3) 5 Reappear concerning dog (5)
6 Good memory of whole amount? (5,6)
8 Break game (4)
10 Shade of credibility (3)
13 Silver on a stove (3)
14 Top up kitty (3)
16 Somehow hit road, or part of it (5)
17 Attentive to wrong trap (4)
18 Raw material from forest (3)
21 Fewer around animal (3)
22 Child of resonance (3)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Talent (5)
4 Most severe (5)
7 Lettuce (3)
9 Soup dish (6)
11 Shoo! (4)
12 Finish (3)
13 Attire (7)
15 Small role (3,4)
18 Be indebted to (3)
19 Norse deity (4)
20 Former currency unit (6)
23 Number (3)
24 Prod gently (5)
25 Enlist (5)
DOWN
1 Fictional sleuth (6,5) 2 Frozen water (3) 3 Caviar (3)
5 Happen again (5) 6 Complete memory (5,6)
8 Crack (4)
10 Colour (3)
13 Ottoman ruler (3)
14 Cooking vessel (3)
16 Fraction (5)
17 Spellbound (4)
18 Mineral (3)
21 Female sheep (3)
22 Boy (3)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror