Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Time to jump (6) 4 Healthy source of water (4) 7 Bear decapitated in destruction (4) 8 Reported location of fish (6) 9 Pack small digit, say (4) 10 Always in same version (4) 12 Team dies away (4) 14 Hearsay about face part (3) 16 Marched around bend (3) 17 Slow-moving birds (4) 20 Aunt mad for sandwich filling (4) 23 Continuing like this before long (4) 24 Foraged about without German hat (6) 25 Fire is terribly widespread (4) 26 Unfortunately sent home (4) 27 Best ever log (6) DOWN 1 Eat with Queen? Fantastic! (5) 2 Authentic sort of earl (4) 3 Concurred missing front is in vice (5) 4 Clever wife is English (4) 5 Part of meal on salver, say (6) 6 Inferior cow? (5) 11 Revealing about meat (4) 13 Picture one prisoner (4) 15 Croats turned performers (6) 16 Sonar involved in crime (5) 18 Struggle to get iron into thin layer (5) 19 Burn a label (5) 21 Part of community (4) 22 Thus behold a lead break (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Season (6) 4 In a good way (4) 7 Spoil (4) 8 Food fish (6) 9 Store (4) 10 Constantly (4) 12 Faction (4) 14 Listening organ (3) 16 Curve (3) 17 Nocturnal creatures (4) 20 Canned fish (4) 23 Shortly (4) 24 Type of head wear (6) 25 Extensive (4) 26 Twig structure (4) 27 Album (6) DOWN 1 Wonderful (5) 2 Genuine (4) 3 Glutttony (5) 4 Sagacious (4) 5 Restaurant course (6) 6 Reduce (5) 11 Escalope ingredient (4) 13 Religious image (4) 15 Thespians (6) 16 Fire-raising (5) 18 Biscuit (5) 19 Trademark (5) 21 Item (4) 22 Alone (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror