Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Charge novice to touch (4) 4 Bishop, elderly but brave (4) 6 Clever wife is English (4) 8 Sharp as a group of detectives (4) 11 Goes on at horses (4) 13 Article about concert (7) 14 Criticise deity (3) 16 Souvenir of pure lichen (5) 18 Not military, but well-mannered (5) 21 Missing a symbol (5) 22 Instrument to fix stair (5) 24 Set broken leg (3) 25 Secure giant, say (7) 28 Change during meditation (4) 30 Note changed in quality (4) 31 A novel once more (4) 32 Refuse to study unknown (4) 33 Unexciting apartment (4)

DOWN

1 Dread fare changes (4) 2 The picture contains a story (4) 3 Drain away money (5) 4 Plead for three keys (3) 5 Blue feathers (4) 7 Males ran witch hunt site (5) 9 Colour makes church ascend (6) 10 A number enjoy something (5) 12 Drive pins round (4) 15 A copper gives soldiers awareness (6) 17 Lamp is not heavy (5) 19 Terribly evil and horrid (4) 20 City can produce language (5) 23 Tries rearranging rituals (5) 24 Element of victory? (4) 26 Utensil wasted loot (4) 27 Following from main exterior (4) 29 Confused a year with a shorter time (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Sense (4) 4 Courageous (4) 6 Sagacious (4) 8 Corrosive liquid (4) 11 Scolds (4) 13 Performance (7) 14 Cooking vessel (3) 16 Artefact (5) 18 Polite (5) 21 Without (5) 22 Indian instrument (5) 24 Solidify (3) 25 Make fast (7) 28 Revise (4) 30 Sound quality (4) 31 Again (4) 32 Repudiate (4) 33 Accidental (4)

DOWN

1 Phobia (4) 2 On a grand scale (4) 3 Currency unit (5) 4 Implore (3) 5 Depressed (4) 7 Historic US city (5) 9 Shade of red (6) 10 Integer (5) 12 Rotate (4) 15 Shrewdness (6) 17 Frivolous (5) 19 Disgusting (4) 20 Dead language (5) 23 Rituals (5) 24 Precious metal (4) 26 Implement (4) 27 Subsequent (4) 29 Period of time (3)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror