Two-speed coffeebreak QUICK CLUES
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
Reported location of seafood (6) His camera captured fraud (4) Not far from one argument (4) Star ready for evening (6) Inclination to design pram (4) Give out wrong time (4)
Worry about race (4)
Rendition’s conclusion (3) Wonder inside drawer (3)
Lied about being lazy (4)
About poem being in secret writing (4)
23 Slide for small child (4)
24 Search for a long time (6)
25 Stupid European coin (4)
26 Afterwards from both ends (4) 27 Noise is unfortunate result (6) 1 4 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 20
DOWN
Glue to fix a step (5)
Queen seen in banner (4)
Come in from barren terrain (5) Possibly airs a dress (4)
Box on right shows sign of damage (6)
Sulked on a bike (5)
Lame sort of dinner, say (4) Sharp as a group of detectives (4)
Resolve comes from homemade cider (6)
Tessa returned something valuable (5)
Put off being freed indefinitely (5)
Article with yours truly as subject (5)
21 Brooding about god (4)
22 Agreement sounds full (4) Solutions in next week’s
Sunday Mirror
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ACROSS
Food fish (6) Dishonest scheme (4)
7 Close (4)
8 Dusk (6)
9 Slope (4)
10 Radiate (4)
12 Attention (4)
14 Finish (3)
16 Amazement (3) 17 Unoccupied (4) 20 Cipher (4)
23 Slip (4)
24 Hunt
for food (6)
25 US coin (4)
26 At that time (4) 27 Steal
cattle (6) 1 4
DOWN
Fake jewellery (5) Woman’s name (4)
Go in (5)
Indian dress (4) Bomb-hole (6) Motorcycle (5) Repast (4) Corrosive substance (4)
15 Determine (6)
16 Thing of value (5) 18 Postpone (5)
19 Topic (5)
21 Norse deity (4) 22 Alliance (4) 1 2
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Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror