Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Port has only swimmer (5,4) 8 Pushing engineers with joint (5) 10 Points out nose (5) 12 Previously used in poetry (3) 13 Quantity of contents (3) 14 Book raved about a vegetable (4) 15 Instruction not to wear so much (6) 16 Small wine for fun (5) 18 Dispenser of drink has ape confused (6) 20 Terribly neat feature of Sicily (4) 22 Permit to hire (3) 23 The golfer’s conceit (3) 24 Wear down queen with poem (5) 25 Looked for gold, travelling around east (5) 26 Dream about safe saint (9)

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2 He admits being the proprietor (5) 3 Weapon gets record points (4) 4 Resist plan for relative (6) 5 Creatures of pride (5) 6 Smothers car pedals (9) 7 Usual small yardsticks (9) 9 Understood German talked hoarsely (7) 11 Gents, eg, fritter away funds (4,3) 15 Great deal of flotsam (3) 17 Mighty river shelter (6) 19 Recreated a halo in greeting (5) 21 Charges for rings (5) 23 Nose operation takes ages (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Flatfish (5,4) 8 Door-hanging device (5) 10 Muzzle (5) 12 Before (3) 13 Number (3) 14 Ladies’ fingers (4) 15 Period of teaching (6) 16 Tennis, eg (5) 18 Crockery item with a spout (6) 20 European volcano (4) 22 Allow (3) 23 Self-image (3) 24 Eat away (5) 25 Leered (5) 26 Imagine (9)

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2 Possessor (5) 3 Fencing sword (4) 4 Female relation (6) 5 Safari animals (5) 6 Strangles (9) 7 Levels of quality (9) 9 Gripped (7) 11 Savings (4,3) 15 Auction item (3) 17 Powerful (6) 19 Hawaiian greeting (5) 21 Chimes (5) 23 Eras (4)