Two-speed coffeebreak
Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
3 Longs, after exercise, for fruit (7) 7 Worked to get the front lubricated (6) 8 Fundamental racial solution holds key (7) 9 Fit to cut (4) 11 Close to animal (4) 12 Search for weapon (5) 15 Origin of Wimbledon favourite (4) 16 One editor’s requirement (4) 17 Crazed fellow in charge (5) 18 Created servant, say (4) 19 Lame sort of gender (4) 21 Lazy person’s chair (7) 22 Keep marine moving (6) 23 Garment parts that hold records (7)
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1 Most arguments are about celebrity (4) 2 Nine teens worried about another number (7) 3 Fairy left in danger (5) 4 Dame mad for dairy product (4) 5 Terrible gangster (8) 6 Lasted out when seasoned (6) 10 Light makes air dance around (8) 11 Lose argument about the Baltic, say (3) 13 Set lad free of independent states (7) 14 Shelter from sleet (3) 15 Slime all over school beams (6) 18 Reams written about horses (5) 19 Only lake (4) 20 Yearn to be extensive (4)