Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues ACROSS
1 Doorman’s beer (6)
4 Contemporary with parttimer (4)
7 Void described by bard (4) 8 Shout for second best (6)
9 My one is explosive (4)
10 Help make a wager (4)
12 Once ordered ice cream (4) 14 Boldness has got
obsolete (3)
16 Food container from
Tuscany (3)
17 Ties up location (4)
20 Musical pets (4)
23 Doctor sees work
decrease (4)
24 Animal in evening sun (6) 25 Chaps turn to range of
food (4)
26 Regrets stratagem, we
hear (4)
27 Deserved to move near
journalist (6)
DOWN
1 Glue to fix a step (5)
2 Unusual not to be well
done (4)
3 Old Italian-style manor (5) 4 Item moving in fourth
dimension (4)
5 Chief rioted
unexpectedly (6)
6 Beg for new pedal (5)
11 Inclination to be corrupt (4) 13 Remove during jousting (4) 15 Wages incorporated only
by yours truly (6)
16 Cried about beverage (5)
18 Children’s edition (5)
19 Quiet socialist has scrap (5) 21 Copies of tapestries (4)
22 Astound by juggling
nuts (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Baggage handler (6) 4 Office worker (4)
7 Classical poet (4)
8 Yell (6)
9 Quarry (4)
10 Aid in crime (4)
12 Geometric shape (4) 14 Elderly (3)
16 Tin (3)
17 Venue (4)
20 Felines (4)
23 Fall (4)
24 Breed of dog (6)
25 Bill of fare (4)
26 Feels remorse (4)
27 Merited (6)
DOWN
1 Fake
jewellery (5)
2 Seldom seen (4) 3 Former
empire (5)
4 Occasion (4)
5 Reviser (6)
6 Implore (5)
11 Crooked (4)
13 Evict (4)
15 Salary (6)
16 Apple drink (5) 18 Publish (5)
19 Strip (5)
21 Primates (4)
22 Amaze (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror