Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

Cryptic clues ACROSS

3 Box contains old film (7) 7 Greek form of trance (6) 8 Pen new melody for deity (7)

9 Pack small digit, say (4) 11 Flames are terribly rife (4)

12 Lawsuit can be a nuisance (5)

15 Ties up venue (4)

16 Lied about being lazy (4) 17 Pace rated incorrectly (5) 18 Greet the weather (4) 19 Laugh and behold ring (4) 21 Blamed person in the dock (7)

22 Love chutney (6) 23 Removes notes on steel production (7)

DOWN

1 Bachelor’s pain (4)

2 Wise bet about online location (7)

3 It’s unsuitable for ocean travel (5) 4 A novel once more (4) 5 Instruction changed to ritual (8) 6 Irritate with hypodermic (6)

10 Tear off, certain to cherish (8) 11 Confirmed about tree (3) 13 Stupid dictator has nothing on twitch (7) 14 Everything in gallery (3) 15 Abandon at the beach (6) 18 Terrible place in the shade, possibly (5) 19 Present during the recording (4)

20 Repeat in the choir (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Quick clues ACROSS

3 Comic strip (7) 7 Mediterranean islander (6) 8 Planet (7)

9 Store (4) 11 Conflagration (4) 12 Court case (5) 15 Location (4) 16 Unoccupied (4) 17 Step (5)

18 Frozen rain (4) 19 Saint’s glow (4) 21 Charged (7) 22 Enjoy (6)

23 Crosses out (7)

DOWN

1 Yearn (4)

2 Online domain (7) 3 Paddle boat (5) 4 Again (4)

5 Lesson (8)

6 Sewing implement (6) 10 Valuable hoard (8) 11 Type of evergreen (3) 13 Foolish (7) 14 Everyone (3)

15 Fibre (6) 18 Underworld (5) 19 In this place (4) 20 Resound (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror