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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Ship capsizes in Tresco with initial alacrity (7) 7 About to moan about new trickster (3,3) 8 Suspect calls with promise (7) 9 Fastens around necks (4) 11 Desire wife to join worker (4) 12 I step out onto slope (5) 15 Flavouring that makes money (4) 16 Started with quiche (4) 17 Act it out in the loft (5) 18 Woman with illness to lose degree (4) 19 Store for bran, possibly (4) 21 Mad for fruit (7) 22 Moving so near ground (6) 23 Mole in railway carriage (7)

DOWN

1 Look in Tuscany (4) 2 Time for some coffee (7) 3 Rookie acted oddly (5) 4 The burden we bear (4) 5 Mark has one - Tim returned weapon (8) 6 Apple-coloured? (6) 10 Suggest getting close (8) 11 Switched with comedian (3) 13 Gloom made Danes travel by ship (7) 14 Attempt to score in rugby (3) 15 Graduates have medium to small reptiles (6) 18 Real problem with small beam (5) 19 Uncovered wild bear (4) 20 Once ordered ice cream (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 3 Drinks mat (7) 7 Swindler (3,3) 8 Doubtful (7) 9 Binds (4) 11 Lust after (4) 12 Ski run (5) 15 Herb (4) 16 Flan (4) 17 Garret (5) 18 Titled woman (4) 19 Outbuildin­g (4) 21 Fruit (7) 22 Cause (6) 23 Rail support (7) DOWN 1 Peruse (4) 2 Moment (7) 3 Military student (5) 4 Responsibi­lity (4) 5 Curved sword (8) 6 Reddish brown (6) 10 Friendly (8) 11 Humour (3) 13 Misery (7) 14 Sample (3) 15 Snakes (6) 18 Focused shaft of light (5) 19 Naked (4) 20 Geometric shape (4)

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