Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Dismissed if turning socialist (5) 4 Fake coach has to go back (5) 7 Trimmed around edge (3) 9 Come out east and join (6) 11 Recalled about visit (4) 12 Payment method for fish (3) 13 Ordering no medic is mad (7) 15 Bristle somehow causes swelling (7) 18 Climbing around container (3) 19 Mean to change the last word (4) 20 Lecturer finds gold on a hill (6) 23 Fool in his apartment (3) 24 Unfortunate stain on cloth (5) 25 Fairy left in jeopardy (5)

DOWN

1 Food from across the Channel? (6,5) 2 Wander out of terror (3) 3 Enjoy archaeology (3) 5 Crop gets old king in a pickle (5) 6 Scroll often displayed willpower (4-7) 8 Just a lake (4) 10 Rendition’s conclusion (3) 13 Dorothy comes to a full stop (3) 14 Ruin in Denmark (3) 16 Useless in pet management (5) 17 God of the roses (4) 18 Combatant’s racket (3) 21 Knock a style of music (3) 22 Copy from tapestry (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Sacked (5) 4 Counterfeit (5) 7 Lip (3) 9 Appear (6) 11 Shout (4) 12 Food fish (3) 13 Satanic (7) 15 Painful reaction to chafing (7) 18 Receptacle (3) 19 End of a prayer (4) 20 Public speaker (6) 23 Tree product (3) 24 Material (5) 25 Danger (5)

DOWN

1 Vegetables (6,5) 2 Stray (3) 3 Delve (3) 5 Pattern on wood (5) 6 Restraint (4-7) 8 Only (4) 10 Finish (3) 13 Speck (3) 14 Spoil (3) 16 Awkward (5) 17 Greek deity (4) 18 Flying mammal (3) 21 Sharp blow (3) 22 Primate (3)