Two-speed coffeebreak

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

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

1 Evidence of alcohol (5) 4 Dessert that may go off, say? (5) 7 Feathery snake? (3) 9 Lock up one by one, say (6) 11 It grows in the street (4) 12 Barrel of fake goods (3) 13 Algeria’s new royal emblems (7) 15 Oil supplier worked in Leeds (7) 18 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 19 Coven vying with deadly sin (4) 20 Surrounding area of a bone (6) 23 Notice second empty pasty (3) 24 Auctions small beers (5) 25 European lake is creepy (5)

DOWN

1 Pills for nuisance assassins (11) 2 Nobel’s prize (1,1,1) 3 In favour of a number, say (3) 5 Extra large fungus (5) 6 Stone lies around in Ireland (7,4) 8 Queen seen in banner (4) 10 Draw a boat (3) 13 About to have nothing but eggs (3) 14 Dog returned to supreme being (3) 16 Heard the middle of a warship, say (5) 17 Hearsay about organs (4) 18 Delighted with name (3) 21 Copy of tapestry (3) 22 Colour of muddy earth (3)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Verification (5) 4 Frozen pudding (5) 7 Constrictor (3) 9 Incarcerate (6) 11 Large shrub (4) 12 Vat (3) 13 Insignia (7) 15 Flax plant (7) 18 Finish (3) 19 Jealousy (4) 20 Arm bone (6) 23 Secret agent (3) 24 Transactions (5) 25 Supernatural (5)

DOWN

1 Analgesics (11) 2 Award (1,1,1) 3 On behalf of (3) 5 Mushroom (5) 6 Nickname for Ireland (7,4) 8 Princess Royal (4) 10 Pull (3) 13 Caviar (3) 14 Deity (3) 16 Of one of the armed forces (5) 17 Listening parts (4) 18 Biblical priest (3) 21 Primate (3) 22 Deliberately stain (3)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror