Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Role Sid played as a warrior (7) 7 Fellow left at home with gold coin (6) 8 Gets gun broken into pieces (7) 9 Does translate verses (4) 11 A novel once more (4) 12 Conversed about part of song (5) 15 Fastens round the neck (4) 16 Scan a red composition (4) 17 Cart doesn’t start as missile (5) 18 Incline towards nurse (4) 19 Strike with large handle (4) 21 Musical right for car worker (7) 22 Tenner spent on cheese ingredient (6) 23 Posted a message like a bird (7)

DOWN

1 A manoeuvre by RAF some way off (4) 2 Examiner finds nothing in angle (7) 3 Wines cultivated for strength (5) 4 The burden we bear? (4) 5 Follow German reel about? Drivel (8) 6 Duster badly corroded (6) 10 So elated about being deserted (8) 11 Fairy’s manner (3) 13 Call about hospital department hiring (7) 14 School nowadays is miserable (3) 15 Sailor to achieve his goal (6) 18 Tried working, exhausted (5) 19 Present during the recording (4) 20 Friend working on ship (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

3 Troop (7) 7 Old coin (6) 8 Small lumps (7) 9 Poems (4) 11 Again (4) 12 Stanza (5) 15 Binds (4) 16 Peruse (4) 17 Projectile (5) 18 Look after (4) 19 Sword part (4) 21 Mechanic (7) 22 Curdling agent (6) 23 Chirped (7)

DOWN

1 (From) quite a distance (4) 2 Medical officer (7) 3 Tendon (5) 4 Responsibility (4) 5 Nonsense (8) 6 Oxidised (6) 10 Uninhabited (8) 11 Atmosphere (3) 13 Leasing (7) 14 Gloomy (3) 15 Aim (6) 18 Weary (5) 19 In this place (4) 20 Pal (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror