Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Care for military command (9) 8 Face improved with hard rub (5) 10 Squirrel food such as Austrian wheat (5) 12 Fired with fury (3) 13 German has a French weapon (3) 14 Observe a sound (4) 15 Bishop has one group to divide (6) 16 Law incorrectly cited (5) 18 Sort of over a girl (6) 20 A victory on a river (4) 22 Dorothy comes to a full stop (3) 23 Is more than one? (3) 24 Fake energy? Pity (5) 25 One transaction is perfect (5) 26 Hearts not affected by point (9)
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2 Quality of bird captivates artist (5) 3 Weapon gets record points (4) 4 Disastrous cart accident with soldier (6) 5 Gas round region (5) 6 Money man disastrous to incomes (9) 7 Immediately like some coffee? (9) 9 Liberation for me, working with journalist (7) 11 Eccentric American tenor inside? Sauce! (7) 15 Key in container (3) 17 Hate being tested, possibly (6) 19 Hid a horse around part of US (5) 21 Ever-changing small tacks (5) 23 Assistant seen in braids (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Awareness (9) 8 Rub painfully (5) 10 Oak seed (5) 12 Wrath (3) 13 Rifle (3) 14 Memo (4) 15 Cut in half (6) 16 Decree (5) 18 Young woman (6) 20 English river (4) 22 Speck (3) 23 Plural of is (3) 24 Disgrace (5) 25 Model (5) 26 Compass direction (9)
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2 Characteristic (5) 3 Fencing sword (4) 4 Very sad (6) 5 Form of oxygen (5) 6 Financial expert (9) 7 Without delay (9) 9 Liberty (7) 11 Dessert sauce (7) 15 Receptacle (3) 17 Loathe (6) 19 US state (5) 21 Swerves (5) 23 Attendant (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror