Two speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Hear about married quarters (5) 4 Unbridled glee about a bird (5) 7 Gladstone’s son (3) 9 Turn to prime sort of judge (6) 11 Equal share of lethal force (4) 12 One worked for a long time (3) 13 Check a lizard (7) 15 Even Reg suffered retaliation (7) 18 One’s lowest digit? (3) 19 Receive from learning (4) 20 Canter off in a daze (6) 23 Hearsay about organ (3) 24 Pace rated incorrectly (5) 25 Worth new timer (5)

DOWN

1 Accommodate and stop punishment (5,6) 2 Delighted with name (3) 3 Ruin in Denmark (3) 5 Fellow gets award (5) 6 Fixing fence, mentor finds application (11) 8 Show mode off (4) 10 Pressure to get a French joke (3) 13 Creature of romance (3) 14 Originally called in one engineer (3) 16 Conversed about poetry (5) 17 Get a new entrance (4) 18 Not returning a great deal (3) 21 Drama about an animal (3) 22 Is more than one? (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Seraglio (5) 4 Bird of prey (5) 7 Boy (3) 9 Referee (6) 11 50 per cent (4) 12 Age (3) 13 Senior pupil (7) 15 Retribution (7) 18 Foot part (3) 19 Deserve (4) 20 Hypnotic state (6) 23 Organ of hearing (3) 24 Step (5) 25 Commendation (5)

DOWN

1 Residential confinement (5,6) 2 Man’s name (3) 3 Spoil (3) 5 Allowance (5) 6 Imposition (11) 8 Public protest (4) 10 Play on words (3) 13 Type of adult (3) 14 Born (3) 16 Stanza (5) 17 Portal (4) 18 Large weight (3) 21 Male sheep (3) 22 Plural of is (3)