Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Guess pet clause was used (9) 8 Journalist has soldiers to fix (5) 10 Land is a small nuisance (5) 12 Produce island broadcast (3) 13 School nowadays is gloomy (3) 14 Help make a wager (4) 15 Frank may be the son (6) 16 It happened in the Seventies (5) 18 Fish that’s asleep (6) 20 Abhor not having instrument (4) 22 Man of defiance (3) 23 Swan enclosure (3) 24 Mark raged wildly (5) 25 Get up to terrible increase in salary (5) 26 Crime brings happiness to part of Yorkshire (9)

DOWN

2 Heard quiet section (5) 3 Rascals about to reach Germany on Sunday (4) 4 Instruction not to wear so much (6) 5 Business rated incorrectly (5) 6 About wolves having time to wrap up again (9) 7 Cases of trendy positions (9) 9 Observe home has something to write on (7) 11 Criticise the right cat (7) 15 That woman’s in the right (3) 17 Surface even confused queen (6) 19 Quiet instrument (5) 21 Tear-jerker set in the kitchen (5) 23 Pressure to get assistance rewarded (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Form a theory (9) 8 Correct (text) (5) 10 European country (5) 12 Lettuce (3) 13 Miserable (3) 14 Aid in crime (4) 15 Straight (6) 16 Occurrence (5) 18 Cured herring (6) 20 Brass instrument (4) 22 Mr Beale, eg (3) 23 Writing implement (3) 24 Degree (5) 25 Crop up (5) 26 Driving a stolen car (9)

DOWN

2 Fragment (5) 3 Scoundrels (4) 4 Period of instruction (6) 5 Deal (5) 6 Wrap again (9) 7 Examples (9) 9 Writing block (7) 11 Wild feline (7) 15 Pronoun (3) 17 Coating (6) 19 Keyboard (5) 21 Edible bulb (5) 23 Remunerated (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror