Two-speed coffeebreak 30-sec brain teaser

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

Cryptic clues ACROSS

He calls out for varnish (7) Notes a bunch of spies in shrub (6)

Drunkard reaches sea with hesitation (7) It grows in the street (4) Mixed-sex code-cracking (2-2)

Same trouble with underground (5)

Tool exchanged for money (4)

Tidy in one attempt (4) Musical girl (5)

Look in Tuscany (4)

Mate escaping with pegs (4) Old writers point to outlay (7)

22 A professor is a

handsome youngster (6)

23 People knotting

lace and shreds (7) 3 7

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9 11

12 15

16 17 18 19 21

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Shout at graduate redneck extremist (4)

Box contains old film (7) Supported team, on the day (5)

Hear about animal (4) Soviet leader keeps eastern church in clemency (8) Incentive for a donkey? (6) Quiet rite involved money (8)

Firm with new prisoner (3) Making fun of age isn’t wrong (7)

Rushed out of France (3) New developments from city trial (6)

Origins of Wimbledon favourites (5)

19 New arts supremo (4)

20 Collapsed around

part of cathedral (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

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Quick clues ACROSS

Varnish ingredient (7) Thorny shrub (6) Toper (7)

Oak, eg (4)

Type of school (2-2) Train system (5) Plunder (4)

Smart (4)

Fictional orphan (5)

18 Peruse (4)

19 Golf pegs (4)

21 Cost (7)

22 Beautiful youth in

Greek myth (6)

23 Rags (7) 3

7 8 9 11 12 15 16 17

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Yap (4)

Animated film (7)

Favoured (5) Small mammal (4) Merciful quality (8)

6 Vegetable (6)

10 Terse (8)

11 Deceive (3)

13 Mocking (7)

14 Sprinted (3)

15 Most recent (6)

18 Plant ovules (5)

19 Russian ruler (4)

20 Domed recess (4) 1 2

3 4

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Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

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Boost your brain power with our 30-second test. Start with the number on the left and follow the instructions. Beginners should aim to complete the puzzle in 30 seconds. Intermediates should finish their own puzzle and the Beginner’s Challenge. Genius players have 30 seconds to complete their own plus the Intermediate. Good luck! Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror