Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Time to jump (6)
4 Copied primate, on the day (4)
7 Spots cane construction (4)
8 Martin travelling round region (6)
9 Unfortunately sent home (4)
10 Employer’s new ruse (4)
12 Attorney volunteers information (4)
14 Wander out of terror (3)
16 Devour in one attempt (3)
17 Need to rearrange garden (4)
20 Shoe worn with stockings (4)
23 Judge caught beside emerald (4)
24 Showstopper for fellow at home with beer (6)
25 Pleasant French resort (4)
26 Entrusted with oxidation (4)
27 Direct, ordinarily, about cleric (6)
DOWN
1 Fracas broke out without a muffler (5)
2 Ceremony sounds correct (4)
3 Stomach has a medium range (5)
4 Queen seen in banner (4)
5 Looked for noble journalist (6)
6 Dissuade bizarre tree with old penny (5)
11 Not different from this America (4)
13 Sage cultivated for a long time (4)
15 City redesigned as then (6)
16 Deer confused about one seabird (5)
18 Put off being freed indefinitely (5)
19 Obvious it’s not in code (5)
21 Leave out of room itself (4)
22 Supporter of sailing? (4)
Quick clues
ACROSS
1 Season (6)
4 Mimicked (4)
7 Skin complaint (4)
8 Northern Irish county (6)
9 Bird’s dwelling (4)
10 Consumer (4)
12 Facts (4)
14 Stray (3)
16 Consume (3)
17 Paradise (4)
20 Watering implement (4)
23 Consider (4)
24 Last number (6)
25 Agreeable (4)
26 Corrosion (4)
27 Clergyman (6)
DOWN
1 Neckwear item (5)
2 Ritual (4)
3 Entire scale (5)
4 Princess Royal (4)
5 Spied furtively (6)
6 Discourage (5)
11 Identical (4)
13 Eras (4)
15 Greek capital (6)
16 Type of duck (5)
18 Postpone (5)
19 Transparent (5)
21 Neglect (4)
22 Ship’s pole (4)