Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Whelp with European dice (4) 4 Charge for ring (4)

6 Celebrate destiny, say (4) 8 Sharp as a group of detectives (4)

11 Prosecuted woman, on the day (4)

13 The first cause for crime (7) 14 Draw back from

English bishops (3) 16 Commiserated with skinflint (5)

18 Terrible place in the shade, possibly (5)

21 Warts develop on the tube (5) 22 Slide off and move laterally (5)

24 For each experience has it (3) 25 Game spinster (3,4)

28 Recording a pet playing (4) 30 Bundle for a mansion (4)

31 Cards on the floor (4)

32 Action works both ways (4) 33 Dreaming about sheets (4)

DOWN

1 Bed gets a layer of paint (4) 2 Briefly get gnat off cheese (4) 3 Bishop wasted some on cleaner (5) 4 Supporter of sport? (3) 5 Climbing around branch (4) 7 Suit worn around northern city (5)

9 See car delivered to batsman’s place (6) 10 Old-fashioned appointment with daughter (5)

12 Buck cast up reed (4)

15 Libra upset with last letter from country (6)

17 Tread on a sticker (5)

19 Tried working without energy or grime (4)

20 Pole’s strange inclination (5) 23 Choose from selection (5)

24 Walk like a policeman (4)

26 Maiden hugged assistant (4) 27 Judge of French space (4)

29 Join a religious man (3)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Geometric shape (4) 4 Chime (4)

6 Village event (4) 8 Corrosive substance (4)

11 Took to court (4)

13 Treachery (7)

14 Recede (3)

16 Mean person (5)

18 Underworld (5)

21 Grain stalks (5)

22 Move furtively (5) 24 For every (3)

25 Card game (3,4)

28 Adhesive strip (4) 30 Heap (4)

31 Ship’s floor (4)

32 Document (4)

33 Amount of paper (4)

DOWN

1 Outer garment (4) 2 French cheese (4) 3 Broom (5)

4 Golf peg (3)

5 Body part (4) 7 African capital (5) 9 Fold (6)

10 Obsolete (5)

12 Stag, eg (4)

15 South American country (6)

17 Postage sticker (5) 19 Filth (4)

20 Ramp (5)

23 Vote (5)

24 Trudge (4)

26 Attendant (4)

27 Consider (4)

29 Append (3)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror