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Two-speed coffeebrea­k

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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Friend working on ship (4) 4 Injury in German wood (4) 6 Strongbox is unharmed (4) 8 Show contempt for skewer (4) 11 Free to get new skin (4) 13 Colin is generating semiconduc­tor (7)

14 Trimmed around lip (3)

16 Rule out getting male animal (5) 18 A flat turned out to be lethal (5) 21 Show new spirit (5)

22 Suit worn around

northern city (5)

24 Write gym plan at last (3)

25 Maybe I’m in vat A or C? (7)

28 Change during meditation (4) 30 Decorate with alcohol? (4)

31 Aide made odd impression (4) 32 Blue feathers (4)

33 Flavouring makes money (4)

DOWN

1 Officers’ room in confusion (4) 2 Follow the queue (4)

3 Orca trained to learn first hymn (5)

4 Facts in emergency (3) 5 Charming about injury (4) 7 Punished for sunny day (5) 9 Quiet, angry buccaneer (6) 10 Giant bird article (5) 12 Daughter has strange snare (4) 15 Caustic - like metal? (6) 17 Encountere­d a trainee copper, say (5)

19 Most unexcited about song (4) 20 Wild woman within cover (5) 23 Locations of spectacles, say (5) 24 Walk like a policeman (4)

26 Mail off to the country (4)

27 Following from main exterior (4) 29 Inside, holding racket (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Pal (4)

4 Cut (4) 6 Secure (4) 8 Roasting rod (4) 11 Peel (4) 13 Non-metallic element (7) 14 Edge (3) 16 Madagascan primate (5)

18 Deadly (5)

21 Devil (5)

22 African capital (5) 24 Enclosure (3)

25 Health pill? (7)

28 Revise (4)

30 Shoe fastening (4) 31 Notion (4)

32 Depressed (4)

33 Herb (4)

DOWN

1 Untidy state (4) 2 Animal’s appendage (4) 3 Christmas song (5) 4 Informatio­n (3) 5 Damage (4) 7 Penalised (5) 9 Corsair (6) 10 Mythical being (5) 12 Percussion instrument (4)

15 Sarcastic (6)

17 Type of element (5) 19 Melody (4)

20 Furious (5)

23 Venues (5)

24 Trudge (4)

26 African nation (4) 27 Subsequent (4) 29 Noise (3)

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