Two- speed coffeebreak

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

Constant inclination is a pain ( 5)

Tread on street with a politician ( 5) Bird in frock ( 3) Reversible hub? ( 5)

Point duet out as a piece of music ( 5)

Raw material from forest ( 3) Mad about obstacle ( 3)

Child of resonance ( 3) Charming around branch ( 3) Festival involving a steer ( 6)

First to nag about strong flavour ( 4) Surgeon’s desire ( 4)

Come out east and join ( 6)

29 Field of pleasure ( 3) Is more than one? ( 3) Resting place in Scotland ( 3)

34 Same level within department ( 3) Animated a veil badly ( 5) Go out second to get the

French record ( 5) 38 Number of contents ( 3) Owing student small matches ( 5) 40 Worn- out biro held by good man ( 5)

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Belief in money available ( 6) Rubbish on a list ( 4) A copper gives soldiers insight ( 6) Reporters insist ( 5)

Notes about weight ( 5)

Mound of distortions ( 3) Part of

Far East ( 4) Excellent damson ( 4) Parent loses first alternative ( 5) Brigade’s gear ( 3)

Time of pageantry ( 3)

20 Struggled

with mat ( 3)

22 Copy of

tapestry ( 3)

24 Speak

about quote ( 6) 25 Range of former shelter ( 6) Ruins hiding English horses ( 5) 28 Gathers pears

were cooked ( 5) 29 Metal guide ( 4) 30 Collapsed around part of church ( 4)

Hot place in Coventry ( 4) Everything in gallery ( 3)

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QUICK CLUES ACROSS

Muscle twinge ( 5) Postage sticker ( 5) Fabled bird ( 3) Helicopter part ( 5) Short composition ( 5)

12 Mineral ( 3)

13 Barrier ( 3)

14 Boy ( 3)

16 Limb ( 3)

18 End of Lent ( 6)

21 Piquancy ( 4)

23 Encourage ( 4)

26 Appear ( 6)

29 Meadow ( 3)

31 Plural of is ( 3)

32 Bed ( 3)

34 Equal ( 3)

36 In existence ( 5)

37 Doze ( 5)

38 Decimal base ( 3) 39 Contests ( 5)

40 Used up ( 5) 1 5 9 10 11

DOWN

1 Ascribe ( 6)

2 Schedule ( 4)

3 Shrewdness ( 6)

4 Squeeze ( 5)

5 Pebble ( 5)

6 Hill ( 3)

7 Region ( 4)

8 Fruit ( 4)

15 Different ( 5)

17 Equipment ( 3)

19 Era ( 3)

20 Floor covering ( 3) 22 Primate ( 3)

24 Intone ( 6)

25 Scope ( 6)

27 Female

equines ( 5)

28 Harvests ( 5)

29 Element ( 4)

30 Domed recess ( 4)

Kiln ( 4)

Everyone ( 3) 33 35

Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror