Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Amusing spot to get the elbow? (5,4)
8 Wrong sort of paint (5)
10 Figure used there (5)
12 Talk of oxygen, say (3)
13 Cat to get married (3)
14 Employer’s new ruse (4)
15 For every boy is individual (6)
16 A crop of nut (5)
18 Indulge island group (6)
20 Hence in another goal (4)
22 Firm with new prisoner (3)
23 Consumed more than seven, say (3)
24 Clown’s elevation still lacking, last time (5)
25 Children’s edition (5)
26 Relentless ascent’s in confusion (9)
DOWN
2 America has time for employment (5)
3 Sent out traps (4)
4 Improved as a gambler (6)
5 Chap has small standards (5)
6 Cult’s aims involved mixed media (9)
7 Thin people with terribly pale bones (9)
9 Soldiers only left an umbrella (7)
11 Insects flying round thrones (7)
15 Kitty has new top (3)
17 Recent change of heart (6)
19 Coins used by heir (5)
21 Rinse out sap (5)
23 Ventilates sari, perhaps (4)