Two-speed coffeebreak QUICK CLUES

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Woman gets vegetation (5) 4 Officers’ money (5) 7 Perform in Clacton (3) 9 Festival involving a steer (6) 11 Mix in prison (4) 12 Tin from Tuscany (3) 13 Opposite concerning poetry (7) 15 Odd grants conferred with energy (7) 18 Pam struggled in the current (3) 19 Woman in view? (4) 20 Informant at the bank (6) 23 Previously used

in poetry (3) 24 Keen to move

small joints (5) 25 Long-limbed and

surprisingly angry (5)

DOWN

1 Baguette makes European stay (6,5) 2 Traitor within fraternity (3) 3 Faced with an expert (3) 5 Stare wildly at flower (5) 6 Celebration that gets in the way (6,5) 8 It grows in entree (4) 10 Offence of losing (3) 13 Rushed out of France (3) 14 Compete with luvvies (3) 16 Lift gets more money (5) 17 Get a new entrance (4) 18 Falling over everything (3) 21 Wander out of terror (3) 22 Field of pleasure (3)

ACROSS

1 Plant life (5) 4 Alloy (5) 7 Behave (3) 9 End of Lent (6) 11 Move (4) 12 Container (3) 13 Go backwards (7) 15 Peculiar (7) 18 Unit of current (3) 19 Eye part (4) 20 Cashier (6) 23 Before (3) 24 Leg parts (5) 25 Lanky (5)

DOWN

1 Long loaf (6,5) 2 Rodent (3) 3 Playing card (3) 5 Daisy-like flower (5) 6 Outdoor urban festivity (6,5) 8 Large shrub (4) 10 Transgression (3) 13 Sprinted (3) 14 Contend (3) 16 Elevate (5) 17 Portal (4) 18 Everyone (3) 21 Stray (3) 22 Meadow (3)