Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Hound from Kabul? (6) 4 Desperately holds rip in noble’s address (8) 9 Feature of French story read aloud (6) 10 Song for Anglican church’s military service (3, 5) 12 Aquatic reptile panicked at first in ground (8) 13 Miss Hathaway is circling former husband’s extension (6) 15 Spanish man is immersed in hydraulics (4) 16 DJ has unexpected riches, and vehicles besides (5, 5) 19 Stuffing heavy weight into toy bear (10) 20 Fanaticism shown in Belize always (4) 23 Chesspiece players left at end of game (6) 25 Correct account given by cleric (8) 27 Commended by union and elevated (8) 28 After dust settled, I found old place to make recordings (6) 29 Earnest request to have a snack in doorway (8) 30 Rehearsal’s boring before sequence of performances (3, 3)
DOWN
1 Half-tune radio, possibly, for listener (7) 2 What did the Beach Boys claim to do? Buy everyone a drink! (3, 6) 3 Muppets drummer is a beast (6) 5 God has some good intentions (4) 6 Footballer put off securing goal (8)
7 Equine confined during March or September (5) 8 Female writer of verse poses problem about alien (7) 11 Have great ambition, as one shooting down planes might? (3, 4) 14 Person under 18, first to choose a Mediterranean holiday destination (7) 17 Great man relaxed an organisation (9) 18 Do very little till Mike misbehaves (4, 4) 19 Film Scottish warrior on river (7) 21 Unusually idle? Now rest (3, 4) 22 Spread: initially
bland, say (6) 24 Jack is a little swimmer (5) 26 Prank made by son boarding plane (4)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Patterned wool blanket or shawl (6) 4 Title for a bishop (8) 9 Particular, aspect (6) 10 — One, 1997 Harrison Ford thriller (3, 5) 12 Freshwater turtle (8) 13 Wing added to a building (6) 15 — Castro, former president of Cuba (4) 16 English radio presenter (5, 5) 19 Central London railway terminal (10) 20 Religious passion (4) 23 Fortress (6) 25 Without error (8) 27 Lifted (8) 28 Artist’s
workplace (6) 29 Plea, supplication (8) 30 Trial exercise (3, 3)
DOWN
1 Bean counter (7) 2 Be socially active (3, 6) 3 — Farm, George Orwell novel (6) 5 Norse deity (4) 6 Protector (8) 7 Mustang or falabella, eg (5) 8 Pam Ayres or Emily Dickinson, eg (7) 11 Aspire to great achievement (3, 4) 14 Balearic Island (7) 17 — Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (9) 18 While away the hours (4, 4) 19 Image (7) 21 Adopt a prone position (3, 4) 22 Dairy product (6) 24 Small fish (5) 26 Witticism (4)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record