Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Thanks politician at a resort (5) 4 Met to design emblem (5) 7 A crawler when quiet (3) 9 Some poetry is hostile (6) 11 Store for bran mixture (4) 12 Sandwich filling for actor (3) 13 Pleased with what’s inside (7) 15 Lovers wasted energy getting answer (7) 18 British and American transport (3) 19 Map of esplanade (4) 20 Mark, at church, is seldom seen (6) 23 Draw a digit, say (3) 24 Head in charge of subject (5) 25 Forbidding as Dickens’s house (5) DOWN
1 Cheaper test turned out to be favourite (8,3) 2 Same level within department (3) 3 Animal in glasses (3) 5 Deal rated incorrectly (5) 6 Time takes away small cut (6,5) 8 Somehow pose as something valuable (4) 10 Feel modest about growth (3) 13 Pass out of recollection (3) 14 Originally called in one engineer (3) 16 Second lyre is out of tune (5) 17 Huge vats are ordered (4) 18 Exclude from pub (3) 21 Some bread for a swan (3) 22 Law-breaking tool (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Florida holiday destination (5) 4 Symbol (5) 7 Serpent (3) 9 Opposed (6) 11 Grain tower (4) 12 Form of pork (3) 13 Happy (7) 15 Work out (7) 18 Coach (3) 19 Scheme (4) 20 Deficient (6) 23 Pull (3) 24 Theme (5) 25 Barren (5)
DOWN
1 Fawning pupil (8,3) 2 Equal (3) 3 Donkey (3) 5 Business (5) 6 Cut of meat (6,5) 8 Currency unit (4) 10 Type of tree (3) 13 Mountain pass (3) 14 Born (3) 16 Acute (5) 17 Immense (4) 18 Ingot (3) 21 Round loaf (3) 22 Pointed tool (3)