Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Place to act has step remaining (5,4) 8 Greeting a student with old laugh (5)

10 Correct sound to correspond (5)

12 School nowadays is gloomy (3)

13 Creature of romance (3) 14 Meet order to be abundant (4)

15 Count as substance (6) 16 Exhausted and broke (5) 18 Steep change by the first group (6)

20 People’s event (4)

22 That woman’s in the right (3) 23 Three keys in a carrier (3) 24 Supports fights (5)

25 Mention old tree (5)

26 Need dream somehow

to get twisted (9)

DOWN

2 Which ones shot off east? (5)

3 German boy is happy (4) 4 Copper graduate found in grass (6) 5 Reported slight deception (5)

6 Liar upset saint fast (9) 7 Cheered as compassion affected need (9)

9 Pet damaged her mast (7) 11 Traitor played part in unpleasant situation (3,4) 15 Encountered the police in London (3)

17 For every boy is individual (6)

19 Heaps constructed on chapter (5)

21 Lively beer with soldier (5) 23 Bishop has single skull (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Part of a theatre (5,4) 8 Hawaiian welcome (5) 10 Compose (5) 12 Miserable (3) 13 Male (3)

14 Pour (4)

15 Stuff (6)

16 Used up (5) 18 Seven-piece ensemble (6) 20 Contest (4)

22 Pronoun (3)

23 Container (3) 24 Practises

boxing (5)

25 Utter a view (5) 26 Undulated (9)

DOWN

2 Not these (5) 3 Pleased (4) 4 Sheriff (6) 5 Pretend blow (5) 6 Dreamer (9) 7 Encouraged (9) 9 Rodent (7) 11 Squalid building (3,4) 15 Assembled (3) 17 Human being (6) 19 Period (5)

21 Supple (5) 23 Skeleton part (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror