Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
Meal includes ace starter? (6) Stiller picture used by police is an advantage (7) Swindler trades fur, possibly (9) Native Kiwi — or am I getting confused? (5) People following old prophecy (4) Device that measures length, it’s said (5) Up to cash register (4) Onlooker baffled bad sentry (9) Frequently relating to decimal number (5) Capital of tycoon keeps high (5) The news in summary: I have something to dunk in my tea! (9) European scaffolding post (4) 24 Reduce a fisherman’s enticement, we hear (5) Vegetable or, finally, fruit (4) 29 Poor gangster
hides body part (5) 30 Hymn singer riots about pop singer stuck outside (9) Oddly, Sally Anne uses cunning (7) Notice tool go back and forth (6) 1 5 9 10 11 12 13 16 18 19 21 23 26 31 32
DOWN
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Oscar-winning biopic made in Australia (7) Not wearing clothes, initially no undergarments donned either (4) Perhaps afflicted with a fever and rash (3-6) Violently shove vessel (5) Captain of the Nautilus raised 11 Across (4) Trader of cut plants lost fir in a muddle (7)
Miscarriage of justice? Or one way to solve the problem (5, 3, 5) A sporting chance to win money? (8, 5) Reserve force protects whichever girl (5) Jeers, with time, give encouragement (5) This rogue could become virtuous (9) 20 One who takes all the blame in autumn: Mr Fawkes (4, 3) 22 Awkwardly, I retain disinclination to act (7) 25 Small county goes against the trend? (5) Formerly in detention centre (4) 28 Heard to quote
location (4) 8 9 14 15 17 27
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
Fire (a rocket) (6) Social security payment (7) Deceitful criminal (9) Indigenous New Zealander (5) Portent (4) Parking machine (5) Cultivate, plough (4) Pedestrian present but not involved in an incident (9) Regularly (5) Tall (5) Wholemeal biscuit (9) End of a magnet (4) 24 Diminish, grow less (5) Conference or Williams, eg (4) 29 Keyboard instrument (5) Church vocalist (9) Guile, craft (7) Playground fixture (6) 1 5 9 10 11 12 13 16 18 19 21 23 26 30 31 32
DOWN
Wolfgang Mozart’s middle name (7) Bare (4) Impetuous (3-6) Canal boat (5) Finding —, aquatic animated film (4) Bouquet seller (7) Experimentation to find an answer (5, 3, 5) Betting competition based on the outcome of soccer matches (8, 5) Max Branning’s ex-wife in EastEnders (5) Increase (5) Morally upstanding (9) 20 Scapegoat (4, 3) 22 Laziness, apathy (7) 25 Dollars (5) 27 On a single
occasion (4) 28 Construction
area (4) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 15 17
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record