Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Famous Scandinavian has a dog (5,4) 8 Stumbles on journeys (5) 10 Croat turned performer (5) 12 Regard for diocese (3) 13 Speaking about food (3) 14 A study in port (4) 15 Man declined old wife (6) 16 Learns about English retreat from entanglement (5) 18 A note changed into operation (6) 20 Mean to alter last word (4) 22 Witness initially rings court (3) 23 British artist in underwear (3) 24 Animal from eastern country (5) 25 Almost evaluate fools (5) 26 Ten meagre changes to harmony (9)

DOWN

2 Lift gets more money (5) 3 Collapsed round part of church (4) 4 Wrong padre, right retailer (6) 5 Worker confused a student of labour (5) 6 Plan to start game off (9) 7 Avian observation post (5-4) 9 No pines used to make boarding house (7) 11 Vendors, say, of underground rooms (7) 15 Cooler enthusiast (3) 17 Improvise some pasta (6) 19 Want to work with German dialect (5) 21 Artisan’s mother and child (5) 23 Lamb cooked for comfort (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Animal like Scooby-Doo? (5,4) 8 Excursions (5) 10 Thespian (5) 12 Understand (3) 13 Vegetable (3) 14 Middle Eastern port (4) 15 Chap (6) 16 Growl (5) 18 Deed (6) 20 Prayer ending (4) 22 Set one’s cap at (3) 23 Undergarment (3) 24 Antelope (5) 25 Donkeys (5) 26 Treaty (9) DOWN 2 Elevate (5) 3 Church recess (4) 4 Fabrics dealer (6) 5 Relating to birth (5) 6 Ruse (9) 7 Ship’s lookout platform (5-4) 9 Allowance (7) 11 Vaults (7) 15 Adherent (3) 17 Piece of spaghetti (6) 19 Strum (5) 21 Stoneworker (5) 23 Ointment (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror