Two- speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Pause, depressed, and collapse ( 9)

8 Church has the edge in felony ( 5)

10 Animated a veil badly ( 5) 12 Hardly sending ton back ( 3) 13 Indicate hidden animal ( 3) 14 Afterwards from both ends ( 4)

15 Strong pet not tamed ( 6) 16 Notes about weight ( 5)

18 One Frenchman with wine to buy in ( 6)

20 Managed to get

one in bad conditions ( 4) 22 About to have

nothing but eggs ( 3)

23 Father left as a friend ( 3) 24 Lots of steam initially

scalded a woman ( 5)

25 Strange to send a line ( 5) 26 Employees find lens

prone to break ( 9)

DOWN

2 Swimming in her river ( 5) 3 Help make a wager ( 4) 4 Cleric has key to ocean travel ( 6)

5 Correct sound to correspond ( 5)

6 Static set, somehow least focused ( 9)

7 For every tent in order, to the point ( 9)

9 Moons no different in rainy season ( 7) 11 Afterwards take a student to one side ( 7) 15 Kitty is a dish ( 3)

17 Trades badly in stamps ( 6) 19 Sprint in gym class then have fruit ( 5)

21 A match is the same ( 5) 23 Father, at home, is a nuisance ( 4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Malfunction ( 9) 8 Misdemeanour ( 5) 10 Living ( 5)

12 Negative ( 3)

13 Feline mammal ( 3)

14 At that time ( 4)

15 Powerful ( 6)

16 Pebble ( 5)

18 Bring goods in ( 6) 20 Precipitation ( 4) 22 Caviar ( 3)

23 Chum ( 3)

24 Steam bath ( 5)

25 Extraterrestrial ( 5) 26 Crew ( 9)

DOWN

2 European waterway ( 5)

3 Aid in lawbreaking ( 4) 4 Clergyman ( 6) 5 Compose ( 5)

6 Most absent- minded ( 9) 7 Relevant ( 9)

9 Asian wind ( 7) 11 On the edge ( 7) 15 Cooking vessel ( 3) 17 Steps ( 6)

19 Dried plum ( 5) 21 Similar ( 5)

23 Ache ( 4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror