Two-speed coffeebreak

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Sugary dessert (5) 4 Follower of second Dickens character (5) 7 Rodent inside crate (3) 9 Crazy to be in French river, say (6) 11 Avid sort of performer (4) 12 One writer’s novel (3) 13 Renewed respect for spirit (7) 15 Sodium smell beginning to appear (7) 18 Last word from the cricket? (3) 19 Loot wasted on utensil (4) 20 Creepy-crawly noticed her, we hear (6) 23 Learnt about organ (3) 24 Writer goes to church for money (5) 25 Time then changed a bit (5) DOWN

1 Turning to best toy (8,3) 2 Are back for a long time (3) 3 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) 5 Prevail as headless chauvinist (5) 6 Surface temperature affected heart of our rock (6,5) 8 Contemporary with part-timer (4) 10 Use a needle like this, say (3) 13 Woman from Esher (3) 14 Devour in one attempt (3) 16 Deride small crop (5) 17 One’s oddest feature (4) 18 Proposal of glib ideas (3) 21 Father has time to tap (3) 22 Fired with rage (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Cute (5) 4 Ovine animal (5) 7 Traitor (3) 9 Mad (6) 11 Prima donna (4) 12 Fresh (3) 13 Ghost (7) 15 Emerging (7) 18 Word of leave-taking (3) 19 Implement (4) 20 Arachnid (6) 23 Listening organ (3) 24 Small change (5) 25 Fraction (5) DOWN 1 Rotating plaything (8,3) 2 Age (3) 3 Brown (3) 5 Live (5) 6 Our celestial body (6,5) 8 Office worker (4) 10 Darn (3) 13 Pronoun (3) 14 Consume (3) 16 Derision (5) 17 Prominent facial feature (4) 18 Offer (3) 21 Mass of butter (3) 22 Anger (3)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror