Two-speed coffeebreak QUICK CLUES

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same.

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

Bishop well upset about old shout (6)

Stupid European coin (4) Declare Vera to be mad (4) Stop and apprehend (6)

Doctor finds the French spy (4) College of note, possibly (4) Race around some land (4) Rendition’s conclusion (3)

Sign from galleon (3)

Groped around for fastening (4)

20 Honest old writer (4)

23 Maiden hugged assistant (4) 24 Close a construction

for comfort (6)

25 Feeble sort of meal (4)

26 Row about rite (4)

27 Warning the rat off (6)

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Cry about right fight (5)

Rule out bait (4)

Wife to tear off for a drink (5) Show mode off (4)

Pressed journalist to pursue club (6)

Correct result captivates this writer (5) Contemporary with part-timer (4)

13 Firm about middle (4)

15 Improvise some pasta (6)

16 Smallest amount went stale (5) 18 Start playing notes (5)

19 Teach how to swindle (5)

21 Appearing to have food (4)

22 Willing bird (4)

Solutions in next week’s

Sunday Mirror

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ACROSS

Roar (6) Noisy quarrel (5) US coin (4) Tempt (4)

Assert (4) Adam’s ale (5) Take into Public custody (6) protest (4) Burrowing Smoothed (6) mammal (4) Rectify text (5) 10 Public school (4) Office

12 Unit of area (4) worker (4)

14 Finish (3) Centre (4)

16 Zodiac sign (3) Stir-fry

17 Cord (4) ingredient? (6) 20 Unwrap (4) Minimum (5)

23 Attendant (4) Beginning (5)

24 Consolation (6) Play

25 Crippled (4) dishonestly (5) 26 Layer (4) 21 Fruit (4)

27 Menace (6) 22 Pastime (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror 1 4 7 8

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